Glaucus (Sea God)
godA mortal fisherman who became an immortal sea god after eating a magical herb.
The Myth
Glaucus was a Boeotian fisherman who noticed that fish laid on a certain herb sprang back to life and leapt into the sea. Tasting the herb himself, he was seized by an irresistible desire for the ocean and transformed into a sea god — human above the waist, fish-tailed below, with seaweed hair and barnacle-covered skin. He fell in love with the beautiful nymph Scylla and begged Circe for a love potion. But Circe desired Glaucus for herself, and when he rejected her, she poisoned the waters where Scylla bathed, transforming the girl into the terrifying six-headed monster that haunted the strait near Charybdis. Glaucus mourned Scylla forever. He possessed the gift of prophecy and appeared to Jason and the Argonauts during their voyage.
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Fun Fact
Glaucus gave prophecies to sailors and was said to visit every coast once a year — fishermen across the Mediterranean claimed sightings well into the Roman period.
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