Nicomachean Ethics · Character
Glaucus
Lycian leader in Homer, cited in friendship discussions.
minor
First appearance: book i
Glaucus's tie to Diomede is one of the pressures that moves Nicomachean Ethics—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Referenced in Homer's exchange with Diomede as an example of giving without suffering injustice.
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With Diomede (friendship): In the Iliad, Diomede and Glaucus meet in battle but discover ancestral ties of hospitality, exchanging gifts as friends. In Chapter IX: On Suffering Injustice and Doing Injustice: Referenced…
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- Friendship
Character groups
- Philosophers, poets, and historical figures
- Homeric exemplars of virtue
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