Nauplius
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Orations
Mythical king who lit false beacons on the Caphereian rocks to lure and wreck Greek ships in revenge; invoked here as a slanderous comparison to the huntsman.
For I, he said, looking at him, nearly take fright, as I suppose one would seeing Nauplius come from Caphereus.
The Rights of War and Peace
Figure whom the Chalcidians refused to surrender to the Grecians.
It is said that the Chalcidians refused to deliver up Nauplius to the Grecians, and the reason alleged was his having cleared himself of the charges made against him.