Glaucus and Nydia are characters in the 1834 novel "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Glaucus is the lead character, a handsome Athenian nobleman. Nydia is a slave, stolen from high-born parents. She pines for Glaucus and commits suicide as he does not return her love.

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Glaucus and Nydia are characters in the 1834 novel "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Glaucus is the lead character, a handsome Athenian nobleman. Nydia is a slave, stolen from high-born parents. She pines for Glaucus and commits suicide as he does not return her love.

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