Glauce
- The mother of the third Diana, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.—
- II Another name of Creüsa, wife of Jason, Hyg. F. 25.—
- III An Amazon, Hyg. F. 163.
(Γλαύκη).
1. One of the Nereides, the name of Glauce being only a personification of the colour of the sea. (Hom. Il. 18.39.)
2. One of the Danaides. (Apollod. 2.1.5.)
3. An Arcadian nymph. (Paus. 8.47.2.)
4. The wife of Upis, the mother of what Cicero (de Nat. Deor. 3.23) calls the third Diana.
5. A daughter of king Creon of Corinth. Jason, after deserting Medeia, engaged himself to her, but Medeia took vengeance by sending her a wedding garment, the magic power of which burnt the wearer to death. Thus Glauce and even her father perished. (Apollod. 1.9.28; Diod. 4.55; Hyg. Fab. 25; comp. Eurip. Med.)
6. A daughter of Cychreus of Salamis, who married Actaeus, and became by him the mother of Telamon. (Apollod. 3.12.7.)
7. A daughter of Cycnus, who was slain by the Greeks in the Trojan war, whereupon Glauce became the slave of the Telamonian Ajax. (Dict. Cret. 2.12, &c.) [L.S]
(Γλαύκη). (1) One of the Nereides, the name Glaucé being only a personification of the color of the sea (γλαυκός).
(2) Daughter of Creon of Corinth, also called Creüsa. See Creon.
- Paus. 8.47.3
- carried off by Herakles: Apollod. vol. 2.142
- married to Jason, murdered by Medea: Apollod. 1.9.27
- tormented by Medea's drugs, throws herself into water: Paus. 2.3.6
- mother of Telamon, according to Pherecydes: Apollod. 3.12.6
- wife of Alces: Apollod. 2.1.5