| Glaucus | |
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Captain of theLycian contingent | |
| Member of theTrojan Leaders | |
 Glaucos andDiomedes Exchange Armour | |
| Abode | Lycia |
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| Parents | Hippolochus |
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InGreek mythology,Glaucus (/ˈɡlɔːkəs/;Ancient Greek: ΓλαῦκοςGlaukos means "shiny", "bright" or "bluish-green") was a captain in theLycian army under the command of his close friend and cousinSarpedon. The Lycians in theTrojan War were allies ofTroy. During the war, Glaucus fought valiantly.[1] He was described by the chroniclerMalalas in his account of theChronography as "strong, sensible, pious".[2]
Glaucus was a son ofHippolokhos[3] and a grandson of the heroBellerophon.
In theIliad,[4] he metDiomedes in the field of battle in face to face combat. In response to Diomedes' challenge to him, Glaucus said that as a grandson ofBellerophon, he would fight anybody. Upon learning of Glaucus' ancestry, Diomedes planted his spear in the ground and told of how his grandfatherOeneus was a close friend of Bellerophon, and declared that the two of them despite being on opposing sides should continue the friendship. As a sign of friendship, Diomedes took off his bronze armor worth nine oxen and gave it to Glaucus. The latter then had his wits taken byZeus and gave Diomedes his golden armor, said to be worth 100 oxen.[5]
Glaucus was in the division of Sarpedon andAsteropaios when the Trojans assaulted the Greek wall. Their division fought valiantly, allowing Hector to break through the wall. During this assault,Teucer shot Glaucus with an arrow, wounding him and forcing him to withdraw from combat. Later, upon seeing Sarpedon mortally wounded, Glaucus prayed toApollo, asking him to help him to rescue the body of his dying friend. Apollo cured his wound, allowing Glaucus to rally the Trojans around the body of Sarpedon until the gods carried the body away. Later in the war, when the fighting overAchilles' corpse took place, Glaucus was killed byAjax. His body, however, was rescued byAeneas and was then taken by Apollo to Lycia for funeral rites.
Nor did the hapless Trojans leave unwept the warrior-king Hippolochus' hero-son, but laid, in front of the Dardanian gate, upon the pyre that captain war-renowned. But him Apollo's self caught swiftly up out of the blazing fire, and to the winds gave him, to bear away to Lycia-land; and fast and far they bare him, 'neath the glens of high Telandrus, to a lovely glade; and for a monument above his grave upheaved a granite rock. The Nymphs therefrom made gush the hallowed water of a stream for ever flowing, which the tribes of men still call fair-fleeting Glaucus. This the gods wrought for an honour to the Lycian king.[6]
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