Glaucus (of Anthedon)

Also known as: Glaucus · Role: marine god · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 22

Life events

• Glaucus became a marine god after eating a certain grass.(Book 9 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Anthedon)
  • “He was a fisherman but after eating a certain grass became a marine god and predicts the future”

Book 9 · Chapter 22

• with Pindar (Pindar celebrated Glaucus.) “Pindar and Æschylus have celebrated Glaucus from these traditions of the people of Anthedon, Pindar not so much, but Æschylus has made him the subject of one of his plays.”
• with Æschylus (Æschylus made Glaucus the subject of a play.) “Pindar and Æschylus have celebrated Glaucus from these traditions of the people of Anthedon, Pindar not so much, but Æschylus has made him the subject of one of his plays.”

Book 10 · Chapter 4

• parent: Anthedonius “Hence Æschylus calls the beard of Glaucus (the son of Anthedonius) daulus.”
• with Æschylus (interaction) “Hence Æschylus calls the beard of Glaucus (the son of Anthedonius) daulus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.