son of Sisyphus and Merope, grandson of Æolus, and grandfather of Bellerophonites. He dwelt at Potnia; despised the power of Venus or Aphrodite; and prevented his mares from breeding, in order that they might be the stronger for the race. Another version is, that he fed them on human flesh for the purpose of rendering them spirited and warlike. This roused the anger of Aphrodite, so that she destroyed him—some say by causing his horses to take fright and throw him out of the chariot, while he was contending at the funeral games in honour of Pelias; others, that his horses tore him to pieces, having drunk from the waters of a sacred well in Boeotia, which caused them to go mad. One of the lost tragedies of Æschylus was called Δάναικος Πορνείας.

son of Hippolochus, and grandson of Bellerophonites, was a Lycian prince, who assisted Priam in the Trojan war. When he and Diomed, to whom he was bound by ties of hospitality, recognised each other in battle, they desisted from the contest, and exchanged arms. Glaucus was afterwards slain by Ajax, but his body was taken back to Lydia.

a son of Antenor; he fought in the Trojan war, but was killed by Telamonian Ajax.

one of the sons of Priam.

one of the sons of the Cretan king Minos, by Crete or Pasiphaë. When a child, playing at ball or pursuing a mouse, he fell into a cask of honey, and was smothered. He was, however, discovered by the soothsayer Polyidus of Argos, who was pointed out by Apollo for the purpose. Minos then desired him to restore his son to life; but failing to do this, he was buried alive with young Glaucus, when a serpent most opportunely revealed an herb which restored the dead body to life. The story of Polyidus was a favourite subject with ancient poets and artists.

a fisherman of Anthedon in Boeotia, who became a sea-god by eating part of the divine herb which Cronos had sown. A general belief prevailed in Greece that Glaucus every year, accompanied by marine monsters, visited all the coasts and islands, and delivered his prophecies. Fishermen and sailors especially were attentive to his oracles, in which they placed implicit confidence. He is said to have instructed even Apollo in the prophetic art. The stories about his various loves were favourites with the poets, but the place of his abode varied according to local traditions.

a sculptor in metal, who dwelt in Chios, and was considered by the Greeks as the inventor of the art of soldering metals. He lived about 490 B.C.

GLAZING of Earthenware. See POTTERY and STONEWARE.