Glaucus (mythology)
# Glaucus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Glaucus (/ˈɡlɔːkəs/; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος, Glaûkos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering") was the name of the following figures:

* Glaucus, a sea-god
* Glaucus, son of Sisyphus and a Corinthian king.
* Glaucus, a mythical Lycian captain in the Trojan War.
* Glaucus, son of King Minos of Crete.
* Glaucus, one of the twelve younger Panes, offspring of Pan. He came to join Dionysus in his campaign against India.
* Glaucus, son of Aretus and Laobie. He joined Deriades, along with his father and brothers, against Dionysus in the Indian War.
* Glaucus, husband of Laophonte and father of Leda in some variants of the myth. He may be the same as Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus if hypothetical deduction of genealogy be used.
* Glaucus, one of the Dolionians, a people living in northwestern Asia Minor. He was killed by Jason when the Argonauts came to the country.
* Glaucus, a Trojan prince and one of the sons of King Priam by an unknown woman.
* Glaucus, son of Antenor, one of the Trojan elders, and Theano. He was the brother of Crino, Acamas, Agenor, Antheus, Archelochus, Coön, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Helicaon, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Laodocus, Medon, Polybus and Thersilochus. Glaucus was rescued during the sack of Troy by the intervention of Odysseus and Menelaus.
* Glaucus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.
* Glaucus, a son of Aepytus.
