| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
In Greek mythology, Glaucus ("shiny" or "bright" or "bluish-green") referred to several different people.
Alternative: Glaukos
Glaucus was a Greek sea-god, the son of Anthedon and Alcyone. The story of his origin is told by Ovid, that he began as a mortal fisherman living in the Boeotian city of Anthedon and one day he caught and landed some fish at a place where there grew a herb with the magic property of resuscitating fish and allowing them to return to the water. Seeing this effect the herb had on the fish, Glaucus ate some of it too. The herb made him immortal, but it also gave him fins and caused his legs to transform into a fish's tail, forcing him to dwell forever in the sea. Glaucus was initially upset by this side-effect, but Oceanus and Tethys received him well and he was quickly accepted among the deities of the sea, learning the art of prophecy at which they were skilled.
Glaucus later fell in love with the Italian maiden Scylla, who rejected him due to his piscine form. He consulted with Circe for a solution but she became passionately in love with him herself. Since Glaucus cared only for Scylla, however, Circe turned her into a fishlike monster from the waist down, with a row of vicious dog's heads round her loins. She went to live alone in a submerged cave overlooking a narrow channel of water, but Glaucus remained in love with her and mourned her transformation.
Euripides wrote in his play Orestes that Glaucus was a son of Nerus and says that he assisted MenelausMenelaus (also transliterated as Menelaos , in Greek mythology, was a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope. Atreus was murdered by his nephew, Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. Durin on his homeward journey with good advice. He also helped the ArgonautsIn Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. They sailed the ship the Argo hence their name, which literally means "Sailors of the Argo".. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors in storms, having once been one himself.Glaucus was a CorinthCorinth or Korinth is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth. Corinth is about 48 miles (78 km) wian king, son of MeropeIn Greek mythology, several unrelated women went by the name Merope bee-mask later reinterpreted as honey-like or eloquent), which may, therefore, have denoted a position in the cult of the Great Mother rather than a mere individual's name. Merope, one of and SisyphusSisyphus (also Sisyphos or Sisuphos , in Greek mythology, was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, husband of Merope, and King/Founder of Ephyra ( Corinth). According to some (later) sources, he was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married her lat. He angered AphroditeAphrodite (φροδτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Worship The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia ( Virgil and she made her horses angry during the funeral games of King PeliasKing Pelias was the father of Acastus, Pisidice, Alcestis in Greek mythology. He was a son of Tyro and Poseidon. Tyro was married to Cretheus (with whom she had one son, Aeson) but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.. They tore him apart. His ghost supposedly frightened horses during the Isthmian GamesThe Isthmian Games were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were held at Corinth every two years. With the Nemean Games, the Isthmian Games were held both the year before and the year after the Olympic Games, while the Pythian Games were h. He was also the father of Bellerophon.