Menephron
In Greek and Roman mythology, Menephron (Ancient Greek: Μενέφρων, romanized: Menéphrо̄n) is the name of an Arcadian man notable for his tale surrounding incest. He is only referenced to briefly in the works of Roman authors Ovid and Hyginus.[1]
Mythology
[edit]In Ovid's Metamorphoses, as the runaway Medea flies above Greece in the chariot her grandfather gave her, she passes over Mount Cyllene, where Menephron would incestously lie with his mother in an animal-like manner.[2][3]
Hyginus in Fabulae confirms that Menephron slept with his mother, here named Blias/Bliade, and adds that he also slept with his daughter Cyllene as well.[4][5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Smith 1873, s.v. Menephron.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.386-387
- ^ Pavlock 2009, p. 58.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 253
- ^ Anderson 1972, note on lines 7.386-387.
Bibliography
[edit]- Anderson, William S. (1972). Ovid's Metamorphoses: Books 6-10. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1456-8.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, The Myths of Hyginus. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
- Ovid (1916). Metamorphoses. Loeb Classical Library 42. Vol. I: Books 1-8. Translated by Frank Justus Miller, revised by G. P. Goold. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Pavlock, Barbara (May 21, 2009). The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses. England: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23140-8.
- Smith, William (1873). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London, UK: John Murray, printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street.
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