It was a rather… odd exchange, but I’ll get into that later. How Diomedes and Glaukos, being about to fight, were known to each other, and parted in friendliness. He foolishly dismisses language as too pliant and imprecise a weapon: Originally a fisherman and diver of Boeotia, he once ate a magical herb and leaped into the sea, where he was changed into a god and Glaucus has dark brown hair in which is bunned up behind his head.He is white skinned and usually wears the Guardians robe which is … And how Hector returning to the city bade farewell to Andromache his wife. Glaucus was actually the grandson of the hero Bellerophon, as he was the son of his son, Hippolochus. Goodness, these two and their story make me smile. But despite echoing at 213-14 the introductory narrative formula used by Glaucus at 6.150-1, Aeneas turns out to have little patience with the notion of a battle of words or wits. This, if nothing else, has made the meeting of Glaucus and Diomedes famous; with its amiable, irenic outcome, and its unique emphasis on mutual understanding, the scene is widely regarded as an oasis of common decency amid the war-ethos of the surrounding books. •STRANGE MEETING': DIOMEDES AND GLAUCUS IN ILIAD 6 135 identity for his performance and success. Glaucus is one of the members of the The Guardians. In Greek mythology, Glaucus (/ ˈ ɡ l ɔː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος Glaukos means "shiny", "bright" or "bluish-green") was a son of Hippolokhos and a grandson of the hero, Bellerophon.He was a captain in the Lycian army under the command of his close friend and cousin Sarpedon.The Lycians in the Trojan War were allies of Troy.During the war Glaucus fought valiantly. From what I understand about arete...the concept of greatness in all things...the Trojan Glaucus and Diomedes of the Greeks are meant to exemplify heroism and humanity. Glaucus, (Greek: “Gleaming”) name of several figures in Greek mythology, the most important of whom were the following: Glaucus, surnamed Pontius, was a sea divinity.