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Upon learning of Glaucus' ancestry, Diomedes planted his spear in the ground and told of how his grandfather Oeneus 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 Iliad vi.155–203 contained an embedded narrative told by Bellerophon's grandson Glaucus (who was named after his great-grandfather), which recounted Bellerophon's myth. In this narrative, Bellerophon's father was Glaucus, [ 27 ] who was the King of Potniae and son of Sisyphus ; Bellerophon's grandsons Sarpedon and the younger Glaucus ...
[6] [9] The Iliad, however, names Glaucus as Bellerophon's father. [10] The equine theme continues: Poseidon was associated with horses, and Bellerophon was the rider of the winged horse Pegasus. By his wife, Glaucus became the father of Alcimenes (Deliades or Piren) who was unintentionally murdered by his own hero brother. [11]
The Bellerophon Mosaic is a 2nd century AD ancient Roman mosaic, discovered at Autun in 1830 and now in the musée Rolin.
Sisyphus married the Pleiad Merope by whom he became the father of Ornytion (Porphyrion [6]), Glaucus, Thersander and Almus. [7] He was the grandfather of Bellerophon through Glaucus; [8] [9] and of Minyas, founder of Orchomenus, through Almus. [10] Another account related that Minyas was Sisyphus's son instead. [11]
Hippolochus's mother was Philonoe, daughter of the King Iobates. [1] In some accounts, she was also known as Alkimedousa, [2] Anticleia, [3] Pasandra or Cassandra. [4] Hippolochus was the brother of Isander and Laodamia [5] (Deidamia [6] or Hippodamia [7]), and the father [8] or stepfather [citation needed] of Glaucus II (not to be confused with Glaucus I, who was the father or stepfather of ...
A statue of Glaucus was installed in 1911 in the middle of the Fontana delle Naiadi, Mario Rutelli's fountain of four naked bronze nymphs, located in the Piazza Repubblica, Rome. Ezra Pound wrote a poem titled "An Idyl for Glaucus" from the perspective of Glaucus's human lover, abandoned after Glaucus had tasted the herb and leapt into the sea ...
Eurynome was the daughter of King Nisus of Megara and possibly, Abrota of Onchestus, [2] thus sister to Scylla [3] and Iphinoe. [4] She became the mother of the hero Bellerophon by Poseidon [5] even if she was wed to the Corinthian king Glaucus.