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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
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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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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
198:, however, names Glaucus as Bellerophon's father. The equine theme continues: Poseidon was associated with horses, and Bellerophon was the rider of the winged horse
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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.
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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.
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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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1012:. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.
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301:pasture at Potniae or water from a toxic well.
99:. Glaucus was the subject of a lost tragedy by
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956:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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859:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
584:(University of California Press, 2004), p. 56.
552:(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990), p. 13.
225:, through his son Bellerophon who ventured to
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883:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
580:, 6.20.10–19, as noted by Stephen G. Miller,
385:(Cambridge University Press, 1960), p. lviii.
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202:. By his wife, Glaucus became the father of
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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.
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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
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1028:Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil
1010:Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics
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627:Pausanias, 6.20.19; Hyginus,
844:Online version at theio.com
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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
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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
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1196:Heracleidae
1142:Bellerophon
975:The Library
909:Pausanias,
431:West (1985a
409:Apollodorus
395:Asclepiades
245:by his son
190:Bellerophon
166:Erysichthon
1332:Categories
1306:Cypselus I
1238:Bacchiadae
1182:Hyanthidas
1124:Sisyphidae
1068:Rulers of
813:References
568:, p. xliv.
287:Hippolytus
275:Taraxippus
152:Porphyrion
144:Thersander
71:: Γλαῦκος
1311:Periander
1286:Pritanius
1281:Automenes
1271:Alexander
1251:Agelas II
1099:Corinthus
889:Pausanias
854:The Iliad
792:3.266–268
708:Euripides
578:Pausanias
308:sparagmos
291:Aphrodite
267:Pausanias
255:Argonauts
233:Mythology
204:Alcimenes
101:Aeschylus
1276:Telestes
1256:Eudaemus
1223:Agelas I
1205:Aletidae
1162:Propodas
1157:Damophon
1147:Ornytion
1132:Sisyphus
1077:Heleidae
1024:Bucolics
936:Pindar,
790:Georgics
788:Vergil,
704:Scholium
684:, p. 60.
644:Georgics
642:Vergil,
614:; Volk,
564:Garvie,
514:13.66–69
433:, p. 64)
397:, 12F1;
321:Georgics
299:Boeotian
208:Deliades
182:Eurynome
178:Eurymede
170:Poseidon
148:Ornytion
136:Pleiades
91:city of
89:Boeotian
81:Sisyphus
77:Potnieus
1246:Bacchis
1228:Prymnes
1178:Doridas
1137:Glaucus
1104:Polybus
1094:Epopeus
1000:Aeneid.
863:Homer,
801:Varro,
712:Orestes
702:25.94;
629:Fabulae
618:, p. 60
523:Homer,
490:Fabulae
486:Hyginus
411:, 1.9.3
318:In the
283:Servius
261:in the
247:Acastus
221:in the
219:Glaucus
200:Pegasus
110:Potniae
97:Corinth
93:Potniae
73:Glaukos
33:Glaucus
1266:Agemon
1213:Aletes
1089:Bounos
1084:Aeëtes
981:
924:Pindar
914:3 vols
899:
832:Hesiod
754:Aeneid
735:
680:Volk,
664:
608:Probus
508:Pindar
504:Hesiod
460:
426:Ehoiai
421:Hesiod
326:Vergil
259:Iolaus
243:Pelias
176:named
162:Mestra
128:Merope
122:Family
1218:Ixion
1152:Thoas
1114:Jason
1109:Creon
849:Homer
838:from
805:2.7.9
538:1.9.3
527:6.154
525:Iliad
404:Iliad
399:Homer
340:Notes
334:Varro
295:Venus
227:Lycia
223:Iliad
212:Piren
195:Iliad
174:Nisus
140:Almus
132:Atlas
25:Greek
1180:and
979:ISBN
928:Odes
897:ISBN
733:ISBN
662:ISBN
458:ISBN
186:Zeus
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