Menephron

In Greek and Roman mythology, Menephron ([Μενέφρων] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 8) (help)) 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

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

• Aegypius
• Epopeus
• Jocasta
• Nyctaea

References

1. Smith 1873, s.v. Menephron.
2. Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.386-387
3. Pavlock 2009, p. 58.
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 253
5. Anderson 1972, note on lines 7.386-387.

Bibliography

• 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.