Glaucus

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.
  • A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.
  • Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.
  • Son of king Minos.
  • one of the sons of Priam.
  • A son of Aepytus.
  • One of the twelve younger Panes.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος, from γλαυκός.

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