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A statue of Glaucus was installed in 1911 in the middle of the Fontana delle Naiadi, Mario Rutelli's fountain of four naked bronze nymphs, located in the Piazza Repubblica, Rome. Ezra Pound wrote a poem titled "An Idyl for Glaucus" from the perspective of Glaucus's human lover, abandoned after Glaucus had tasted the herb and leapt into the sea ...
Glaucus later led an army that attacked Italy, introducing to them the military girdle and shield. This was the source of his Italian name, Labicus, meaning "girdled". Glaucus had a daughter called Deiphobe, who was a priestess of Phoebus Apollo and Diana Trivia who features in The Aeneid in Book 6.
Glaucus: Palamedes Odysseus and Diomedes: Ascalaphus Deiphobus: Polypoetes Amphimachus Dracius ? Laogonus Derinoe: Pandion ? Automedon Polyxenus Amphion Dryas Aeneas: Liocritus Aeneas: Periphas Ares: Calchas Protesilaus Hector, Aeneas, Euphorbas, Achates, or Cycnus. Anchialus Hector: Dymas Deiphobus: Lernus Penthesilea: Periphetes Hector ...
In Greek mythology, Glaucus (/ ˈ ɡ l ɔː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος, Glaûkos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "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 ...
In Greek mythology, Glaucus (/ ˈ ɡ l ɔː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος Glaukos means "shiny", "bright" or "bluish-green") was a captain in the Lycian army under the command of his close friend and cousin Sarpedon. The Lycians in the Trojan War were allies of Troy. During the war, Glaucus fought valiantly. [1]
Glaucus and Scylla by Bartholomeus Spranger (c. 1581) According to Ovid, [23] the fisherman-turned-sea god Glaucus falls in love with the beautiful Scylla, but she is repulsed by his piscine form and flees to a promontory where he cannot follow. When Glaucus goes to Circe to request a love potion that will win Scylla's affections, the ...
Glaucus (mythology), characters named Glaucus in Greek mythology; Glaucus, a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin; The protagonist in the 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Glaukos Linea , a linea on Europa; Glaucus Sinus, now Gulf of Fethiye in Turkey; Project Glaucus, an underwater habitat in Plymouth Sound
Glaucus was the brother of Almus, Thersander and Ornytion At first, Sisyphus had tried to arrange a marriage for Glaucus with the shape-shifting Mestra , a daughter of Erysichthon , but despite the payment of valuable bride-gifts, she eluded the marriage and was taken to an island by Poseidon .