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Greek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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Glauce (in ancient Greek: Γλαυκή) refers to seven different people:
- Glauce, daughter of Creon
Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had four children: Megareus, Menoeceus, Megara and Haimon with his wife, Eurydice...
. She married JasonJason was a late ancient Greek mythological figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus...
. She was killed, along with Jason's children, by his wife, MedeaMedea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...
. Also known by the name CreusaIn Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa ; the name means simply "princess".- Naiad :According to Pindar's 9th Pythian Ode, Creusa was a naiad and daughter of Gaia who bore Hypseus, King of the Lapiths to the river god Peneus. Hypseus had one daughter, Cyrene. When a lion attacked her...
, predominantly in Latin authors, e.g. Seneca (Medea) and Propertius (2.16.30).
- Glauce, one of the Nereids
In Greek mythology, the Nereids are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. They often accompany Poseidon and are always friendly and helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms. They are particularly associated with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their father in the...
- Glauce, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus
Danaus, or Danaos , was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus...
. She married Alces, son of AegyptusAegyptus is a figure of Greek mythology, a king in Egypt and a descendant of the heifer maiden Io and the river-god Nilus. According to folk etymology Egypt took its name from his. Aegyptos was the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile...
and an Arabian woman.
- Glauce, daughter of Cychreus, son of Poseidon
In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
and SalamisSalamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. She was carried away by Poseidon to the island which was named after her, whereupon she bore the god a son Cychreus who became king of the island....
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Greek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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Glauce (in ancient Greek: Γλαυκή) refers to seven different people:
- Glauce, daughter of Creon
Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had four children: Megareus, Menoeceus, Megara and Haimon with his wife, Eurydice...
. She married JasonJason was a late ancient Greek mythological figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus...
. She was killed, along with Jason's children, by his wife, MedeaMedea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children: Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...
. Also known by the name CreusaIn Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa ; the name means simply "princess".- Naiad :According to Pindar's 9th Pythian Ode, Creusa was a naiad and daughter of Gaia who bore Hypseus, King of the Lapiths to the river god Peneus. Hypseus had one daughter, Cyrene. When a lion attacked her...
, predominantly in Latin authors, e.g. Seneca (Medea) and Propertius (2.16.30).
- Glauce, one of the Nereids
In Greek mythology, the Nereids are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. They often accompany Poseidon and are always friendly and helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms. They are particularly associated with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their father in the...
- Glauce, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus
Danaus, or Danaos , was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus...
. She married Alces, son of AegyptusAegyptus is a figure of Greek mythology, a king in Egypt and a descendant of the heifer maiden Io and the river-god Nilus. According to folk etymology Egypt took its name from his. Aegyptos was the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile...
and an Arabian woman.
- Glauce, daughter of Cychreus, son of Poseidon
In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
and SalamisSalamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. She was carried away by Poseidon to the island which was named after her, whereupon she bore the god a son Cychreus who became king of the island....
. Some sources say that Glauce married ActaeusActaeus was the first king of Athens, according to Pausanias. He was the son of Erysichthon, father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops, the second king of Athens. The tradition also states that he gave Attica its name before it was changed to Cecropia by Cecrops...
and bore him a son TelamonIn Greek mythology, Telamon , son of the king Aeacus, of Aegina, and Endeis and brother of Peleus, accompanied Jason as one of his Argonauts, and was present at the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. In the Iliad he was the father of Greek heroes Ajax the Great and Teucer the Archer by different mothers...
. Others say that Telamon was her husband and that, after her death, he married PeriboeaIn Greek mythology, nine people shared the name Periboea .#Periboea was the daughter of either King Cychreus of Salamis or of Alcathous. Her mother was either Pyrgo or Evaechme , daughter of Megareus. She married Telamon and became and mother of Ajax. She also consorted with Theseus.#Periboea,...
, mother of AjaxAjax or Aias was a mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis. He plays an important role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War. To distinguish him from Ajax, son of Oileus , he is called "Telamonian Ajax," "Greater...
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- Glauce, a nymph, one of the nurses of Zeus
In Greek mythology, Zeus is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the...
- Glauce, an amazon
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
- Glauce, mother by Ajax
Ajax or Aias was a mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis. He plays an important role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War. To distinguish him from Ajax, son of Oileus , he is called "Telamonian Ajax," "Greater...
, of AeantidesAeantides is the name of several people in Classical antiquity:* Aeantides, the tyrant of Lampsacus, to whom Hippias gave his daughter Archedice in marriage....