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Nymph Anthedon
Some say that the city received its name from a nymph called Anthedon, while others say that one Anthas was despot here, a son of Poseidon by Alcyone, the daughter of Atlas. (Paus. 9.22.5)
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Glaucus and Skylla
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Glaucus (Glaukos). A sea deity, probably only another form of Poseidon, whose son
he is, according to some accounts. Like the marine gods in general, he had the
gift of prophecy; and we find him appearing to the Argonauts, and to Menelaus,
and telling them what had happened, or what was to happen. In later times sailors
were continually making reports of his soothsaying. Some said that he dwelt with
the Nereides at Delos, where he gave responses to all who sought them. According
to others, he visited each year all the isles and coasts, with a train of monsters
of the deep (ketea), and, unseen, foretold in the Aeolic dialect all kinds of
evil. The fishermen watched for his approach, and endeavoured by fastings, prayer,
and fumigations to avert the ruin with which his prophecy menaced the fruits and
cattle. At times he was seen among the waves, and his body appeared covered with
mussels, seaweed, and stones. He was heard evermore to lament his fate in not
being able to die. This last circumstance refers to the common legendary history
of Glaucus. He was a fisherman, it is said, of Anthedon, in Boeotia. Observing
one day the fish which he had caught and thrown on the grass to bite it, and then
to jump into the sea, his curiosity incited him to taste it also. Immediately
on his doing so he followed their example, and thus became a sea-god. Another
account made him to have obtained his immortality by tasting the grass, which
had revived a hare he had run down in Aetolia. He was also said to have built
and steered the Argo, and to have been made a god of the sea by Zeus during the
voyage. An account of the story of his love for Scylla will be found under Scylla.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Glaucus. Of Anthedon in Boeotia, a fisherman, who had the good luck to eat a part
of the divine herb which Cronos had sown, and which made Glaucus immortal. (Athen.
vii. c. 48; Claud. de Nupt. Mar. x. 158.) His parentage is different in the different
traditions, which are enumerated by Athenaeus; some called his father Copeus,
others Polybus, the husband of Euboea, and others again Anthedon or Poseidon.
He was further said to have been a clever diver, to have built the ship Argo,
and to have accompanied the Argonauts as their steersman. In the sea-fight of
Jason against the Tyrrhenians, Glaucus alone remained unhurt; he sank to the bottom
of the sea, where he was visible to none save to Jason. From this moment he became
a marine deity, and was of service to the Argonauts. The story of his sinking
or leaping into the sea was variously modified in the different traditions. (Bekker,
Anecdot.; Schol. ad Plat. de Leg. x.) There was a belief in Greece that once in
every year Glaucus visited all the coasts and islands, accompanied by marine monsters,
and gave his prophecies. (Paus. ix. 22.6.) Fishermen and sailors paid particular
reverence to him, and watched his oracles, which were believed to be very trustworthy.
The story of his various loves seems to have been a favourite subject with the
ancient poets, and many of his l06e adventures are related by various writers.
The place of his abode varies in the different traditions, but Aristotle stated
that he dwelt in Delos, where, in conjunction with the nymphs, he gave oracles;
for his prophetic power was said by some to be even greater than that of Apollo,
who is called his disciple in it. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 1310; Tzetz. ad
Lycoph. 753; Eustath. ad Hom.; Ov. Met. xiii. 904, &c.; Serv. ad. Virg. Georg.
i. 437, Aen. iii. 420, v. 832, vi. 36; Strab.) A representation of Glaucus is
described by Philostratus (Imag i. 15): he was seen as a man whose hair and beard
were dripping with water, with bristly eye-brows, his breast covered with sea-weeds,
and the lower part of the body ending in the tail of a fish. (For further descriptions
of his appearance, see Nonn. Dionys. xiii. 73, xxxv. 73, xxxix. 99; Schol. ad
Eurip. Orest. 318, 364 ; Stat. Silv. iii. 2, 36, Theb. vii. 335, &c.; Vell. Pat.
ii. 83.) This deified Glaucus was likewise chosen by the Greek poets as the subject
of dramatic compositions (Welcker, Die Aeschyl. Trilogie, Nachtrag), and we know
from Velleius Paterculus that the mimus Plancus represented this marine daemon
on the stage.
| This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Glaukos : Various WebPages
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Anthas & Hyperus
Sons of Poseidon and Alcyone, from Troezenia.
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