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Glaucus (son of Sisyphus)

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297:) either by keeping his mares from mating in order to preserve their speed, or by scorning her in general. The goddess then brings retribution upon him through his horses. In other sources, the mares are driven into their man-killing frenzy by consuming either an herb in their 280:
There are two main traditions concerning the death of Glaucus. In one, he feeds his mares on human flesh in order to make them fierce in battle, but at the games he has no supply for them, and they turn on their master and devour him instead.
265:. A fragment from Aeschylus's tragedy has sometimes been taken to mean that Glaucus died in a chariot accident on the way home, but it seems more probable that the accident occurred during the race. According to 940:
including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
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with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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had declared that Glaucus would sire no children even by his own wife, perhaps because of his violations against Aphrodite. While Eurynome gave birth to the famed hero
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with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
1059: 336:: when a stallion kept refusing to mate, the handler succeeded by covering its head; when uncovered, the stallion attacked him and killed him by biting. 857:
with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
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John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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casts the neglect of Venus as preventing the mares from mating. That the Romans considered mating a hazard of
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translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914.
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In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;
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recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881.
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means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering"), usually surnamed as
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At first, Sisyphus had tried to arrange a marriage for Glaucus with the
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in which some of the foremost heroes of Greece competed, including the
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is indicated by a strange anecdote from Vergil's older contemporary
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Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.
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whose main myth involved his violent death as the result of his
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Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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saw Hippolytus, Glaucus and their ilk as undergoing
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By his wife, Glaucus became the father of 930:translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. 285:, however, regards Glaucus as a doublet of 1200: 1167: 1060: 1046: 1038: 990:Greek text available from the same website 646:3.266–288, with Servius's note to line 268 372:(Oxford University Press, 2009), p. xliii. 827:Online version at the Topos Text Project. 729:The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology 658:The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology 454:The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology 114:, fragments of which are contained in an 779:(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940), p. 113. 582:Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources 597:(Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 60. 359:(Oxford University Press, 1925), p. 15. 345: 172:. Glaucus then married a daughter of 7: 447: 445: 443: 441: 439: 840:Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica 14: 823:Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus 777:Aeschylus: The Creator of Tragedy 407:6.154–155 (Merope is not named); 217:Glaucus was the ancestor of the 37: 1028:Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil 1010:Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics 1: 627:Pausanias, 6.20.19; Hyginus, 844:Online version at theio.com 1374: 1171:two kings at the same time 916:. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. 357:The Eumenides of Aeschylus 289:: he offended the goddess 126:The mother of Glaucus was 15: 237:Glaucus took part in the 87:. He was the king of the 1343:Mythological Corinthians 1338:Kings in Greek mythology 1008:Publius Vergilius Maro, 875:Maurus Servius Honoratus 550:Approaches to Greek Myth 612:Asclepiades Tragilensis 383:The Persae of Aeschylus 1020:Publius Vergilius Maro 996:Publius Vergilius Maro 269:, Glaucus haunted the 241:organized in honor of 893:Description of Greece 1353:Corinthian mythology 952:The Natural History. 911:Graeciae Descriptio. 819:Gaius Julius Hyginus 727:Hard, Robin (2004). 714:318; "Porniades" in 656:Hard, Robin (2004). 452:Hard, Robin (2004). 16:For other uses, see 962:Naturalis Historia. 716:Etymological Magnum 429:frg. 43a 2–83; cf. 116:Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 18:Glaucus (mythology) 1358:Deeds of Aphrodite 1348:Boeotian mythology 971:Pseudo-Apollodorus 938:The Odes of Pindar 836:Catalogue of Women 699:Naturalis Historia 610:and attributed to 476:Apollodorus, 1.9.3 313:vegetation deities 257:. Glaucus lost to 1325: 1324: 1294: 1293: 1190: 1189: 960:Pliny the Elder, 751:Servius, note to 682:Vergil's Georgics 616:Vergil's Georgics 595:Vergil's Georgics 566:Aeschylus: Persae 370:Aeschylus: Persae 1365: 1299:Cypselid tyrants 1201: 1168: 1062: 1055: 1048: 1039: 806: 799: 793: 786: 780: 775:Gilbert Murray, 773: 767: 766:Pausanias, 9.8.1 764: 758: 749: 743: 742: 724: 718: 691: 685: 678: 672: 671: 653: 647: 640: 634: 625: 619: 604: 598: 593:Katharina Volk, 591: 585: 575: 569: 562: 553: 548:Lowell Edmunds, 546: 540: 534: 528: 521: 515: 506:, fr. 43a 2–83; 501: 495: 483: 477: 474: 468: 467: 449: 434: 418: 412: 392: 386: 381:H.D. 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Index

Glaucus (mythology)
Greek
Roman mythology
/ˈɡlɔːkəs/
Ancient Greek
Sisyphus
horsemanship
Boeotian
Potniae
Corinth
Aeschylus
Potniae
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus
Merope
Atlas
Pleiades
Almus
Thersander
Ornytion
Porphyrion
shape-shifting
Mestra
Erysichthon
Poseidon
Nisus
Eurymede
Eurynome
Zeus
Bellerophon
Iliad

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