Acanthis (Ἀκανθίς) or
Acanthyllis (Ἀκανθυλλίς) was the daughter of
Hippodamia and
Autonous and sister to
Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous and Acanthus. When their father's horses attacked Anthus out of hunger and ate him,
Zeus and
Apollo, out of pity for the grieving family, transformed them into birds. Acanthis thus became a
thistle finch.