Editing Glauce

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Glauce''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|l|ɔː|s|iː}}; [[Ancient Greek philosophy|Ancient Greek]]: Γλαύκη ''Glaukê'' means 'blue-gray' or 'gleaming'), [[Latin]] '''Glauca''', refers to different people:

*Glauce, an [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]n [[nymph]], one of the nurses of [[Zeus]]. She and the other nurses were represented on the altar of [[Athena]] [[Alea (Arcadia)|Alea]] at [[Tegea]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 8.47.3</ref>
*Glauce, twin sister of [[Pluto (mythology)#Euhemerism and Latinization|Pluto]] who died as an infant according to [[Euhemerus]].<ref>[[Lactantius]], ''Institutiones Divinae'' 1.14.5 citing [[Ennius]]</ref>
*Glauce, one of the [[Meliae|Melia]]n nymphs.<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 101</ref>
*Glauce, one of the 50 [[Nereids]], marine-nymph daughters of the '[[Old Man of the Sea]]' [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 18.39; Hesiod, ''Theogony'' 244; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref> She personifies the color of the sea which can be attributed to her name that signifies "sea-green"<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Kerényi]]|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=[[Thames and Hudson]]|year=1951|location=London|pages=64}}</ref> or "bright green".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=161}}</ref> Glauce and her other sisters appear to [[Thetis]] when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] at the slaying of his friend [[Patroclus]].<ref name="Hom">Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39-51]</ref>
*Glauce, mother, by [[Upis (mythology)|Upis]], of "the third" [[Artemis]] in [[Cicero]]'s rationalized genealogy of the Greek gods.<ref>[[Cicero]], ''[[De natura deorum]]'' 3.23</ref>
*Glauce, a [[Ancient Libya|Libyan]] princess as one of the [[Danaïdes]], daughters of  King [[Danaus]]. Her mother was either [[Atlanteia]] or [[Phoebe (mythology)|Phoebe]], both were [[hamadryad]]s. Glauce married and murdered her cousin [[Alces (mythology)|Alces]], son of King [[Aegyptus]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] by an [[Pre-Islamic Arabia|Arabian]] woman.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.1.5</ref>
*[[Creusa of Corinth|Glauce]], a Corinthian princess as the daughter of King [[Creon of Corinth|Creon]].<ref>[[Scholia]]st on [[Euripides]], ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]'' 20</ref> Also known by the name [[Creusa]], predominantly in Latin authors, e.g. [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]<ref>[[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]], ''[[Medea (Seneca)|Medea]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/SenecaMedea.html 817 ff.]</ref> and [[Propertius]].<ref>[[Propertius]], ''Elegies'' 2.16.30</ref> [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 25</ref> uses both names interchangeably. In [[Luigi Cherubini|Cherubini's]] [[opera]] [[Médée (Cherubini)|Medea]] she is known as [[Dirce|Dircé]]. She married [[Jason]]. Creusa was killed, along with her father, by [[Medea]], who either sent her a [[peplos]] steeped in flammable poison or set fire to the royal palace.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.28; [[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.54.2–6</ref> In the local [[Corinth]]ian tradition, Glauce threw herself into a well in a vain attempt to wash off Medea's poison; from this circumstance the well became known as the Well of Glauce.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.3.6</ref> 
*Glauce, an [[Amazons|Amazon]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 163</ref> Some say that it was she, and not [[Antiope (Amazon)|Antiope]], who was abducted by [[Theseus]] and became his wife.<ref>Apollodorus, [[Epitome]] 5.2; Scholia on Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.189</ref>
*Glauce, a [[Salamis Island|Salaminian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Cychreus]], son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Salamis (mythology)|Salamis]]. Some sources say that Glauce married [[Actaeus (mythology)|Actaeus]] and bore him a son [[Telamon]].<ref>Apollodorus, 3.12. 6 with reference to [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]]</ref> Others say that Telamon was her husband and that, after her death, he married [[Periboea]], mother of [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.7</ref>
*Glauce, a princess of [[Kolonai|Colonae]] as daughter of King [[Cycnus]], sister of [[Cobis]] and [[Corianus]]. During the Trojan campaign, she was taken captive by the Greeks and was given to [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]],<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], 2.13</ref> by whom she became mother of [[Aeantides]].<ref>Dictys Cretensis, 5.16</ref>

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== References ==

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* [[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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* [[Cicero|Marcus Tullius Cicero]], ''Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero'' translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812–1891), Bohn edition of 1878. [https://topostext.org/work/137 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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* [[Propertius|Sextus Propertius]], ''Elegies'' from ''Charm.'' Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0066 Latin text available at the same website].

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