GLAUCUS


Meaning of GLAUCUS in English

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 .

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