In Greek mythology, Glaucus was a Greek prophetic sea-god.

Glaucus, often transliterated to Glafkos, may also refer to:

People

  • Glaucus, son of Aepytus of Messenia
  • Glaucus (son of Sisyphus), of Potniae
  • Glaucus (son of Minos), of Crete
  • Glaucus (son of Hippolochus), of Lycia, grandson of the hero Bellerophon
  • Glaucus of Carystus, an ancient Greek athlete
  • Glaucus of Chios (c. 7th century BCE), Greek sculptor in metal
  • Apollonius Glaucus, 2nd-century Roman physician
  • Glafcos Clerides (1919–2013), former President of Cyprus

Rivers

  • Glafkos (river), a river in Patras, Greece
  • Glaucus (river of Asia Minor), rivers in Asia Minor

Ships

  • Greek submarine Glafkos (Υ-6), a Protefs-class submarine of the Hellenic Navy
  • SS Glaucus (1871), shipwrecked in 1921
  • USS Glaucus (1863), a steamship of the Union Navy during the American Civil War

Other

  • 1870 Glaukos, a Trojan asteroid
  • Glaucus (gastropod), a genus of nudibranchs in the family Glaucidae
  • Glaucus (mythology), characters named Glaucus in Greek mythology
  • Glaucus (sculpture), a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin
  • The protagonist in the 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • , a linea on Europa
  • Glaucus Sinus, now Gulf of Fethiye in Turkey
  • Project Glaucus, an underwater habitat in Plymouth Sound

See also

  • Glaucias (disambiguation)
  • Glaucous
  • Glauce
  • Glaucia