Bucolus

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Bucolus is the name of four men in Greek mythology and of one early Christian saint:

  1. Bucolus, father of Sphelus, and grandfather of Iasus, captain of the Athenians at the Trojan War. Iasus was killed by Aeneas [1]
  2. Bucolus, son of Hippocoon, king of Sparta. [2]
  3. Bucolus, son of Heracles and Marse, daughter of Thespius and Megamede.[3]
  4. Bucolus (meaning "neat herd") was a nickname of Daphnis. [4]
  5. Saint Bucolus, one of the first Christian bishops of ancient Smyrna, disciple of St John the Theologian.[5]

Bucolus is a genus of ladybirds in the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae, tribe Coccidulini.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad, 15.328 [1]
  2. ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 3.10.5 [2]
  3. ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 2.7.8 [3]
  4. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4.84.3 [4]
  5. ^ St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna [5]
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