Glaucus
historical figure · 12 works · 12 mentions · 12 anchored passages
Glaucus of Carystus · Glaucus of Oeon · Glaucus of the deme Acharnae · Glaucus the Chian · Glaucuses · the art of Glaucus · the sea-god Glaucus · watchman of flocks
spoken of as
4 expressionsGlaucus of Acharnae1 mention
On the Embassy (Greek)
while our mother’s brother, our uncle Cleobulus, the son of Glaucus of the deme Acharnae, was with Demaenetus of the family of the Buzygae, when he won the naval victory over Cheilon the Lacedaemonian admiral.
Glaucus of Carystus1 mention
On the Crown (Greek)
Are you like them, Aeschines? Or your brother? Or any other orator of this generation? In my opinion, none. Then, my honest friend— to call you nothing worse—assay a living man by the standard of living men, men of his own time. That is the test you apply to everything else—to dramatists, to choruses, to athletes.
Glaucus of Oeon1 mention
Against Macartatus (Greek)
A conspiracy was formed, and a written agreement entered into, and deposited with Medeius of Hagnus, by Theopompus, the father of Macartatus here, and by Glaucon and the Glaucus who was worsted in the former suit;
Glaucus the Chian1 mention
The Histories (Greek)
Among all the offerings at Delphi, this is the most worth seeing, and is the work of Glaucus the Chian, the only one of all men who discovered how to weld iron.
in the texts
Against Ctesiphon
A famous boxer of ancient days used in a comparison about standards of merit.
For he will say that Philammon the boxer was crowned at Olympia, not as having defeated Glaucus, that famous man of ancient days, but because he beat the antagonists of his own time;
On the Embassy
Father of Cleobulus, identified by his connection to the deme Acharnae.
while our mother’s brother, our uncle Cleobulus, the son of Glaucus of the deme Acharnae, was with Demaenetus of the family of the Buzygae, when he won the naval victory over Cheilon the Lacedaemonian admiral.
Stromata
Glaucus, credited with establishing the Isthmian games in honor of Melicertes.
From this to the expedition of Perseus, when Glaucus too established the Isthmian games in honour of Melicertes, fifteen years.
Against Macartatus
Brother of Glaucon and former claimant accused of joining the spurious will and conspiracy.
A conspiracy was formed, and a written agreement entered into, and deposited with Medeius of Hagnus, by Theopompus, the father of Macartatus here, and by Glaucon and the Glaucus who was worsted in the former suit;
and of those who then made counter-claims to this estate not one ventured to swear that he was nearer of kin than the lady (for it was admitted by all that the inheritance belonged to her by virtue of nearest kinship), but Glaucus of Oeon and Glaucon his brother presented themselves, having concocted a spurious will, and Theopompus, the father of Macartatus here, joined with them in getting up thi …
On the Crown
Bygone athletic champion used as a comparison.
Are you like them, Aeschines? Or your brother? Or any other orator of this generation? In my opinion, none. Then, my honest friend— to call you nothing worse—assay a living man by the standard of living men, men of his own time. That is the test you apply to everything else—to dramatists, to choruses, to athletes.
Orations
Figure who gave the proverbial response favoring swearing falsely, since death awaits even the man true to his oath
And do you not think that most men have ere now given the response of Glaucus—to swear—since "death awaits even the man true to his oath"?
Orestes
Sea-god and prophet, seer of Nereus, who brought Menelaus news of Agamemnon's murder.
when the sailors’ prophet, the truthful god Glaucus, Nereus’ seer, brought the news to me from the waves;
When I arrived at Nauplia, my wife already on the point of starting here, I was expecting to give a fond embrace to Orestes, Agamemnon’s son, and his mother, thinking that they were doing well, when I heard from a sailor the unholy murder of Tyndareus’ child.
The Histories
Chian craftsman, the only man known to have discovered how to weld iron; made Alyattes's offering at Delphi
Among all the offerings at Delphi, this is the most worth seeing, and is the work of Glaucus the Chian, the only one of all men who discovered how to weld iron.
Epigrams
A flock watchman advised to feed dogs first at the courtyard gate.
Glaucus, watchman of flocks, a word will I put in your heart.
First give the dogs their dinner at the courtyard gate, for this is well.
Olympian
Lycian warrior at Troy, descendant of Bellerophon, whose boast of his Corinthian ancestry (Peirene) terrified the Danaans.
And the Danaans trembled before Glaucus, when he came from Lycia;
Phaedo
A figure proverbially associated with a special skill or craft, invoked by Socrates as a standard of difficulty he disclaims needing (or perhaps lacking).
But to prove that it is true would, I think, be too hard for the art of Glaucus, and perhaps I should not be able to do it;
Republic
A sea-god whose true form is obscured by accretions of shells, seaweed, and rocks, used as a simile for the soul's condition.
But though we have stated the truth of its present appearance, its condition as we have now contemplated it resembles that of the sea-god Glaucus whose first nature can hardly be made out by those who catch glimpses of him, because the original members of his body are broken off and mutilated and crushed and in every way marred by the waves, and other parts have attached themselves to him, accreti …