GLAUCUS
GLAUCUS (
Γλαῦκος).
There are no less than four rivers of this name in Asia Minor: 1.
A tributary of the Phasis in Colchis, now called
Tchorocsou. (
Strab. xi. p.498;
Plin. Nat. 6.4.) 2. One of the two small rivers by the union of which the Apsorrhus or Acampsis, in Pontus, is formed. (
Ptol. 5.6.7.) 3.
A tributary of the Maeander in Phrygia, not far from Eumeneia. (
Plin. Nat. 5.29.)
There are coins with the name of this river. (Leake,
Asia Minor, p. 157.) 4.
A river in Lycia, on the frontier of Caria, which empties itself into the bay of Telmissus, whence that bay is sometimes called
Sinus Glaucus. (
Plin. Nat. 6.29; Quint. Smyrn.
Posthom. 4.6, foil.;
Strab. xiv. p.651.)
The modern name of the bay is
Makri. Steph. B. sub voce mentions a
δῆμος Γλαύκου, which was probably a place on the banks of the river.
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