The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nauplius \Nau"pli*us\, n.; pl. Nauplii. [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. nay^s ship + ? to sail.] (Zo["o]l.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antenn[ae], and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
Wiktionary
n. A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
Wikipedia
Nauplia, Nauplius or Nauplios , may refer to :
Greece-related
- Nauplius (mythology), the son of Poseidon and Amymone in Greek mythology
- Nauplia, a harbor town in Greece
- The king of Nauplia or (more rarely) Euboea, held to be a descendant of the mythological Nauplius
Biology-related
- Nauplius, a copepod genus, considered synonymous with Cyclops
- Nauplius (larva) of crustaceans
- Nauplius (plant), a genus in the family Asteraceae
- Nauplius (journal), an academic journal covering carcinology
Other
- 9712 Nauplius, an asteroid
In Greek mythology, Nauplius was the name of two characters, one descended from the other. The name may originally have been applied to one character, the founder of the city of Nauplia (modern Nafplion) in Argolis. Ancient mythographers realized that the birth of Nauplius I as a grandson of Danaus was incompatible with the stories connected to Nauplius as it relates to Palamedes and the Trojan War, which occurred many generations after Danaus ruled in Argolis. So a genealogy was created to link the two characters named Nauplius: Nauplius I - Proetus - Lernus - Naubolus - Clytoneus - Nauplius II. (Note that Proetus here is apparently not the same as Proetus, son of Abas). The author of the Bibliotheca still holds that there was only one Nauplius, the son of Poseidon, suggesting that he had a fantastically long life span and explicitly identifying him with the father of Palamedes. Hyginus too equates the Argonaut Nauplius with the son of Poseidon and Amymone.
Usage examples of "nauplius".
Amymone daughter of Danaus, wedded to Poseidon, bare Nauplius, who surpassed all men in naval skill.
And after him Erginus and Nauplius and Euphemus started up, eager to steer.
Diomedes, who had provided eight ships, who headed the combined forces of Argos, Nauplius and Troezen.
Rhadamanthus was so obliging as to send with us Nauplius the pilot, that, if we stopped at the neighbouring islands, and they should lay hold on us, he might acquaint them that we were only on our passage to another place.
To the story of Nauplius, king of Euboea, who hung false lights over the headland of Caphareus, and so caused the wreck of the Greek fleet.
He spoke of the danger of mutiny among the troops, the growing popularity of Palamedes, the Carian, son of Nauplius.
Amymone daughter of Danaus, wedded to Poseidon, bare Nauplius, who surpassed all men in naval skill.