Bucolus

In Greek mythology, Bucolus (/ˈbjuːkoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Βουκόλος means "cow boy" or "herdsman" from βους vous "ox" and κελεύω kelevein "command") is the name of four men:

• Bucolus, father of Sphelus, and grandfather of Iasus, captain of the Athenians at the Trojan War. Iasus was killed by Aeneas.[1]
• Bucolus, son of Hippocoon, king of Sparta.[2]
• Bucolus, son of Heracles and Marse, daughter of Thespius and Megamede.[3]
• Bucolus, a nickname of Daphnis.[4]

Namesakes

• Saint Bucolus, one of the first Christian bishops of ancient Smyrna, disciple of St John the Theologian.[5]
• Bucolus is a genus of ladybird beetles.

Notes

1. Homer, Iliad 15.328
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.5
3. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8
4. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.84.3
5. St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.