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Glaucus

Glaucus (glô'kus) [key], in Greek mythology. 1. Sea god who loved Scylla. 2. Trojan hero who, according to Homer, exchanged his golden armor for the bronze armor of Diomed. 3. Son of Sisyphus and father of Bellerophon. He was devoured by his own horses.

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