Glaucus

by Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee, Ph.D.

 
Glaukos, often named in Greek mythology and history, means shiny, bright and bluish-green. In the Cretan myths Glaukos was the son of Minos and Pasiphae. According to the story one day, when the small boy was playing with a ball or chasing a mouse in the Knossos palace, suddenly he disappeared. So his parents, not able to find him, asked the Delphic Oracle and they received an advise: “A marvelous creature has been born amongst you: whoever finds the true likeness for this creature will also find the child.”