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Glaucus

King of Ephyra (Corinth). Glaucus (Glaucos, Γλαύκος) was the son of Sisyphus and Merope, daughter of Atlas and Pleione (one of the Pleiades). Glaucus was the brother of Halmus, Ornytion and Thersander. He married Eurymede (Eurynome), daughter of Nisa, who bore him Bellerophon and Deliades.

However. In the Catalogues of Women, it was said that Zeus had cursed Glaucus, probably because of the god's hatred for Glaucus' father, so that any child he brought up (from his wife) would not be his own. It was the sea god Poseidon who had secretly slept with Glaucus' wife, and she bore Bellerophon to the god.

Glaucus was famous for his cruelty, feeding his horses with human flesh. Refusing to allow his mares to breed angered the goddess Aphrodite, who caused the them to go mad and trample him, before feeding upon his flesh, during the funeral games of Pelias.

Another account said that the mares devoured him after he lost a chariot race against Iolaüs (Iolaus), nephew of Heracles, at the funeral games of Pelias.

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Glaucus, Glaucos, Glaukos, Γλαύκος.

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Sisyphus, Bellerophon.

Genealogy: Aeolids 2: Corinth.

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Aeolids:

  • • Hellen
  • • Creusa and Ion
  • • Aeolus
  • • Melanippe
  • • Tyro
  • • Pelias
  • • Acastus
  • • Athamas
  • • Sisyphus
  • • Glaucus
  • • Perieres
  • • Aphareus
  • • Neleus
  • • Nestor
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Sarpedon & Glaucus

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Bellerophon

Bellerophon

Bellerophon (Βελλεροφόντης) was the son of Glaucus , king of Ephyra (Corinth), and Eurynome or Eurymede, the daughter of Nisus. His name was Hipponous at birth. But in the Catalogues of Women , Zeus cursed Glaucus that the king would never have a ...

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Nisus and Scylla

During Minos' campaign against Athens, the Cretan army attacked Megara, a kingdom in the Corinthian Isthmus that was allied with Athens. At the time of the siege, Megara's king was Nisus (Νἳσος), the son of Pandion, who was formerly a king of Athe...

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Sisyphus

Sisyphus

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Merope

One of the Pleiades; a daughter of Atlas and Pleïone . Of all the Pleiades, only Merope had a mortal husband or lover: Sisyphus , king of Corinth. Merope was the mother of Glaucus , Ornytion, Thersander and Almus. On her husband's instructions, Me...

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Ixion

King of the Lapiths in Thessaly. Ixion was the son of Antion, the son of Periphas, and of Perimela, the daughter of Amythaon and sister of the seer Melampus . When Ixion married Dia, the daughter of Eioneus, Ixion refused to pay his father-in-law ...

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Eurystheus

Perseus' son Electryon ruled Mycenae until he was probably killed accidentally by his nephew and son-in-law, Amphitryon. Sthenelus took the throne that should have belonged to Amphitryon. When the god Zeus was expecting the birth of his son Heracl...

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Peleus

Peleus

A king of Phthia, in Thessaly. Peleus (Πηλεύς) was the son of Aeacus (Aiacos), king of Aegina, and Endeïs. He and his brother Telamon plotted to kill their half-brother Phocus, son of Aeacus by the Nereïd (Nereid) Psamathe , because he excelled in...

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Pelops

Pelops

Pelops (Πñλοψ) was the son of Tantalus and brother of Niobe . His father had killed him and served his flesh to the gods, hoping to fool the gods. The gods punished Tantalus and restored Pelops to life. Demeter , who had eaten part of Pelops' shou...

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