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Glaucus of Corinth

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In Greek and Roman mythology, Glaucus (; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος Glaukos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering"), usually surnamed as Potnieus, was a son of Sisyphus whose main myth involved his violent death as the result of his horsemanship. He was the king of the Boeotian city of Potniae or sometimes of Corinth. Glaucus was the subject of a lost tragedy by Aeschylus, Glaucus Potnieus (Glaucus at Potniae), fragments of which are contained in an Oxyrhynchus Papyrus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Glaucus of Corinth is the 6,590th most popular politician (up from 10,035th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Greece (up from 507th in 2019) and the 151st most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Glaucus of Corinth ranks 6,590 out of 19,576. Before him are Yang You, V. V. Giri, Alexios III of Trebizond, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Ivo Sanader, and Mas'ud I of Ghazni. After him are Artabanus III of Parthia, Sher Ali Khan, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Christopher Báthory, and Thomas R. Marshall.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Glaucus of Corinth ranks 359 out of 1,024. Before him are Diagoras of Melos (-450), Zoilus (-400), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Perictione (-500), Aspasia Manos (1896), and Lycophron (-320). After him are Cebes (-500), Alexis Tsipras (1974), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Pleistoanax (-500), Antenor (-590), and Ange Postecoglou (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Glaucus of Corinth ranks 151. Before him are Hypereides (-390), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), and Perictione (-500). After him are Alexis Tsipras (1974), Pleistoanax (-500), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), Aratus of Sicyon (-271), and Eurydice of Egypt (-400).

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