Glaucus (mythology)
Set of mythological Greek characters
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In Greek mythology, Glaucus (/ˈɡlɔːkəs/; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος, romanized: Glaûkos, lit. 'greyish blue', 'bluish green' or 'glimmering') was the name of the following figures:
- Glaucus, a sea-god[1]
- Glaucus, son of Sisyphus and a Corinthian king.[2]
- Glaucus, a mythical Lycian captain in the Trojan War.[3]
- Glaucus, son of King Minos of Crete.[4]
- Glaucus, one of the twelve younger Panes, offspring of Pan. He came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India.[5]
- Glaucus, son of Aretus and Laobie. He joined Deriades, along with his father and brothers, against Dionysus in the Indian War.[6]
- Glaucus, husband of Laophonte and father of Leda in some variants of the myth.[7] He may be the same as Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus if hypothetical deduction of genealogy be used.
- Glaucus, one of the Dolionians, a people living in northwestern Asia Minor. He was killed by Jason when the Argonauts came to the country.[8]
- Glaucus, a Trojan prince and one of the sons of King Priam by an unknown woman.[9] He and his brothers, Antiphus, Agavus and Agathon, were all slain by Ajax the Great.[10]
- Glaucus, son of Antenor,[11] one of the Trojan elders, and Theano. He was the brother of Crino,[12] Acamas,[13][14] Agenor,[15][16] Antheus,[17] Archelochus,[18][19] Coön,[20] Demoleon,[21] Eurymachus,[22] Helicaon,[23] Iphidamas,[24] Laodamas,[25][26] Laodocus,[27] Medon,[28] Polybus[15][29] and Thersilochus.[28] Glaucus was rescued during the sack of Troy by the intervention of Odysseus and Menelaus.[30]
- Glaucus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[31] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[32]
- Glaucus, a son of Aepytus.[33]
