Glaucus

In Greek mythology, Glaucus ("shiny" or "bright" or "bluish-green") referred to several different people.

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Alternative: Glaukos, Glacus

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Glaucus was a Greek sea-god, the son of Anthedon and Alcyone. The story of his origin is made into a Roman entertainment by Ovid, that he began as a mortal fisherman living in the Boeotian city of Anthedon and one day he caught and landed some fish at a place where there grew a herb with the magic property of resuscitating fish and allowing them to return to the water. Seeing this effect the herb had on the fish, Glaucus ate some of it too. The herb made him immortal, but it also gave him fins and caused his legs to transform into a fish's tail, forcing him to dwell forever in the sea. Glaucus was initially upset by this side-effect, but Oceanus and Tethys received him well and he was quickly accepted among the deities of the sea, learning the art of prophecy at which they were skilled.

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The Escape of Glaucus and Ione with the Blind Girl Nydia from Pompeii