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Glaucus (Greek: Γλαῦκος) is the name of no fewer than four rivers of Asia Minor noted by authors in classical antiquity. A tributary of the Phasis in...

to: Glaucus, son of Aepytus of Messenia Glaucus (son of Sisyphus), of Potniae Glaucus (son of Minos), of Crete Glaucus (son of Hippolochus), of Lycia...

Minos' palace. Inside the wine cellar was a cask of honey, with Glaucus dead inside. Minos demanded Glaucus be brought back to life, though Polyidus objected...

rivers, among the most considerable in Asia Minor: the Hermus in the north, flowing into the Gulf of Smyrna, though at some distance from the city of...

Caria: Calynda on the Indus River, Crya and Alina in the Gulf of Glaucus (Katranci Bay or the Gulf of Makri), the Glaucus River being the border. Other Carian...

above the rivers Phasis, Glaucus, and Hippus (Geography, 11.2.17). In it "lies the temple of Leucothea, founded by Phrixus, and the oracle of Phrixus,...

legendary seers Polyeidos, a Corinthian seer who saved the life of Glaucus Pythia, the oracle of Delphi Telemus, a seer who foresaw that the Cyclops Polyphemus...

Asia Minor, led by Sarpedon and Glaucus. Arrian mentions it as the headquarters of the Persian army before the Battle of the Granicus, in May 334 BCE, where...

those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly...

description of a species then surviving only in Pacific waters. The living Pacific species was described by Cope as Rhachianectes glaucus in 1869. Skeletal...

Glaucus of Chios, thus combining Lydian and Ionian artistic traditions. Alyattes's offering to Delphi might have been sent to please the sanctuary of...

personification of a major river, the underworld's river Styx. And some, like Europa, and Asia, seem associated with areas of land rather than water. The Oceanids were...

was called "Herophile" by Pausanias and Lactantius, "Deiphobe, daughter of Glaucus" by Virgil, as well as "Amaltheia", "Demophile", or "Taraxandra" by others...

refusal to let his mares mate. The devouring of Glaucus would then be an erotic theme, a violent liberation of desire. The horse Bucephalus is presented...

"father of medicine", may have begun his career. Other asclepieia were situated in Trikala, Gortys (Arcadia), and Pergamum in Asia. In honour of Asclepius...

Μαίανδρος) was a river god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria, southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey)...

Europe and western Asia Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), northern Europe and Asia Minor European otter (Lutra lutra lutra), Asia, Africa and Europe...

with produce, flowers, or nuts. Baskets or panniers of this form were traditionally used in western Asia and Europe to hold and carry newly harvested food...

is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature;...

the wife of Heracles. Minor planet 464 Megaira is named in her honour. The 1964 Hammer horror film The Gorgon revolves around the re-emergence of Megaera...