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Glaucus
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Glaucus (glô`kəs), in Greek mythology.

1 Sea god who loved Scylla 1 Sea monster. According to one legend Circe, jealous of the sea god Glaucus' love for Scylla, changed her from a beautiful nymph into a horrible doglike creature with six heads and twelve feet; according to another, Amphitrite, jealous of Poseidon's love for her, transformed her
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2 Trojan hero who, according to Homer, exchanged his golden armor for the bronze armor of Diomed.

3 Son of Sisyphus and father of Bellerophon. He was devoured by his own horses.


Glaucus

Name of several figures in Greek mythology. One Glaucus was the young son of King Minos; he fell into a jar of honey and died, and the court seer restored him to life with a magic herb. Glaucus Pontius was a sea god; originally a fisherman and diver, he ate a magic plant and became divine. Glaucus, son of Sisyphus and father of Bellerophon, fed his horses human flesh and was torn to pieces by them. Another Glaucus was a grandson of Bellerophon, who assisted King Priam in the Trojan War.


Glaucus
handsome, wealthy young Greek pursued by various ladies. [Br. Lit.: The Last Days of Pompeii, Magill I, 490–492]

Glaucus
loses love, Scylla, when she is made monster. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]


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