# Glaucus — Nicomachean Ethics character guide

> Glaucus in Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-book-i

## Who they are

Lycian leader in Homer, cited in friendship discussions.

## Relationships

### [Diomede](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/characters/diomede)

_friendship_

In the Iliad, Diomede and Glaucus meet in battle but discover ancestral ties of hospitality, exchanging gifts as friends.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX: On Suffering Injustice and Doing Injustice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nicomachean_ethics_se/chapters/ix)

Referenced in Homer's exchange with Diomede as an example of giving without suffering injustice.

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