In Greek mythology,
Glaucus was a Greek prophetic sea-god.
Glaucus, often transliterated to Glafkos, may also refer to:
People
* Glaucus, son of
Aepytus of Messenia
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Glaucus (son of Sisyphus), of Potniae
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Glaucus (son of Minos), of Crete
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Glaucus (son of Hippolochus), of Lycia, grandson of the hero Bellerophon
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Glaucus of Carystus
Glaucus ( el, Γλαύκος) of Carystus, the son of Demylos, was a boxer and one of the most celebrated Ancient Greek athletes. He was a περιοδονίκης (winner at all most important games of Ancient Greece), having gained one Olympic, t ...
, an ancient Greek athlete
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Glaucus of Chios
Glaucus of Chios ( grc-gre, Γλαῦκος) was a Greek sculptor in metal, who is often distinguished as the inventor of the art of soldering metals (Greek: σιδήρου κόλλησις, lit. "gluing together of iron").
His most noted work wa ...
(c. 7th century BCE), Greek sculptor in metal
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Apollonius Glaucus, 2nd-century Roman physician
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Glafcos Clerides (1919–2013), former President of Cyprus
Rivers
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Glafkos (river)
The Glafkos ( el, Γλαύκος, Gláfkos; la, Glaucus) is a small river in the city of Patras, Greece. It flows into the Gulf of Patras ( Ionian Sea) in Patras south of the city centre. It is long.
A hydroelectric power plant was built on th ...
, a river in Patras, Greece
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Glaucus (river of Asia Minor), rivers in Asia Minor
Ships
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Greek submarine Glafkos (Υ-6), a
''Protefs''-class submarine of the Hellenic Navy
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SS ''Glaucus'' (1871),
shipwrecked in 1921
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USS ''Glaucus'' (1863), a steamship of the Union Navy during the American Civil War
Other
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1870 Glaukos, a Trojan asteroid
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''Glaucus'' (gastropod), a genus of nudibranchs in the family Glaucidae
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Glaucus (mythology), characters named Glaucus in Greek mythology
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''Glaucus'' (sculpture), a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin
* The protagonist in the 1834 novel ''
The Last Days of Pompeii'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
* , a
linea on Europa
* Glaucus Sinus, now
Gulf of Fethiye in Turkey
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Project Glaucus
A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal.
An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even ...
, an
underwater habitat in
Plymouth Sound
See also
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Glaucias (disambiguation) Glaucias or Glaukias may refer to:
People
*Glaucias of Aegina, sculptor 5th century BC
*Glaucias (physician, 4th century BC) of Hephaestion
*Glaucias (physician, 3rd century BC), a Greek physician of the Empiric school who wrote commentaries on Hi ...
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Glaucous
''Glaucous'' (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (''Larus hyperboreus''), glaucous-winged gull (''Larus glaucescens''), g ...
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Glauce
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Glaucia
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