Glaucus

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Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Glaucus canonical 4
Nereus 2
Glaucus (sea-god) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek sea god
deity in Greek mythology
mythological character
ability breathing underwater
immortality
prophecy
associatedMyth consultation with the sorceress Circe
participation in the voyage of the Argonauts
pursuit of the nymph Scylla
associatedWith fishermen
islands and shores
prophetic visions
sailors
sea creatures
category prophetic figures in mythology
sea deities in Greek mythology
consults Circe
culture Ancient Greek mythology
domain sea
epithet Glaucus Pontius
Glaucus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Glaucus of Anthedon
era classical antiquity
gender male
loves Scylla
nature marine
oracular
occupationBeforeDeification fisherman
pantheon Greek pantheon
parentage sometimes said to be son of Copeus
sometimes said to be son of Nereus
physicalCharacteristic fish-like tail
human upper body
seaweed in hair and beard
roleInArgonautica prophetic helper of the Argonauts
sourceText Aelian's On the Nature of Animals
Argonautica
surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica

Athenaeus
surface form: Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae

Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses

Pausanias’ Description of Greece
surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece
symbol fish tail
fishing net
seaweed
transformationCause eating magical herb
transformationType mortal fisherman to sea god
worshipPlace Anthedon
Boeotia
coastal regions of Greece

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Circe lover Glaucus
Doris spouse Glaucus
this entity surface form: Nereus
Doris consortOf Glaucus
this entity surface form: Nereus
Ariadne sibling Glaucus
Pasiphaë motherOf Glaucus
Phaedra sibling Glaucus
Glaucus (son of Minos) distinguishedFrom Glaucus
this entity surface form: Glaucus (sea-god)
Glaucus epithet Glaucus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Glaucus of Anthedon