Glaucus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(1) Greek The most famous Glaucus
was the grandson of Bellerophon, a hero in the
Iliad. Glaucus fought on the Trojan side during the
Trojan War. He and the Greek hero Diomedes (1)
discovered that their grandparents had been friends,
so the two exchanged armor and vows of friendship.
Another of Glaucus's friends was Sarpedon. When
Sarpedon was killed, Glaucus appealed to the god
Apollo to help him retrieve the body. This he did,
with the help of the hero Hector. Ajax (1) eventually
killed Glaucus in battle.
Glaucus (2) Greek The son of Sisyphus and
father of Bellerophon and owner of a famous herd
of mares. However, Glaucus refused to let them
breed, thus incurring the anger of Aphrodite, goddess
of love. Aphrodite drove the mares mad and they
tore Glaucus to pieces in their frenzy.
Glaucus (3) Greek This Glaucus was born a
human but by chance ate an herb that made him
immortal. He became a prominent sea god, pictured
as a merman, his top half human and his lower half
a fish tail. Glaucus was a lesser god, but he had the
power of seeing into the future, and this gift made
him a favorite deity of sailors and fishermen, who paid
him special attention. Glaucus is said to have traveled
the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea each year,
visiting each of its ports on that journey. Glaucus was
either the son of a fisherman from Anthedon or the
son of the great sea god Poseidon.
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- La statue de Glaucus - Rousseau
- Glaucus (1) Greek The most famous Glaucus was the grandson of Bellerophon, a hero in the Iliad.
- ROUSSEAU: la statue de Glaucus