Pausanias' Description of Greece

Glaucus (son of Æpytus)

Also known as: Glaucus · Family: Messenians · Role: king · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 3

Life events

  • Glaucus restores worship at Zeus’s sacred enclosure on Ithome.(Book 4 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Ithome)
    • “Glaucus restored his worship”

Book 4 · Chapter 3

  • parent: Æpytus (son of Cresphontes) “Glaucus the son of Æpytus”
  • child: Isthmius “Isthmius Glaucus’ son”
  • with Machaon (Glaucus performed a sacrifice to Machaon.) “was the first to sacrifice to Machaon the son of Æsculapius at Gerenia”
  • with Messene (Glaucus awarded heroic honors or gifts to Messene.) “and awarded such gifts to Messene the daughter of Triopas as are usually bestowed on heroes”

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