Menephron
{{short description|Mythological man from Arcadia}}
In Greek and Roman mythology, Menephron ({{langx|grc|Μενέφρων|Menéphrōn}}) is the name of an Arcadian man notable for his tale surrounding incest. He is only referenced briefly in the works of Roman authors Ovid and Hyginus.{{sfn|Smith|1873|loc=s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D20%3Aentry%3Dmenephron-bio-1 Menephron]}}
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.Ovid, Metamorphoses [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/ovid-metamorphoses/1916/pb_LCL042.369.xml 7.386-387]{{sfn|Pavlock|2009|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=y0zJUnW1w1gC&pg=PA58 58]}}
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.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#253 253]{{sfn|Anderson|1972|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0RUhlNVR758C&pg=PA285 note on lines 7.386-387]}}
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | first = William S. | last = Anderson | title = Ovid's Metamorphoses: Books 6-10 | publisher = University of Oklahoma Press | isbn = 0-8061-1456-8 | date = 1972 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0RUhlNVR758C}}
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae1.html The Myths of Hyginus]. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
- {{cite book | author = Ovid | author-link = Ovid | date = 1916 | title = Metamorphoses | series = Loeb Classical Library 42 | volume = I: Books 1-8 | translator = Frank Justus Miller, revised by G. P. Goold | location = Cambridge, MA | publisher = Harvard University Press | url = https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL042/1916/volume.xml}}
- {{cite book | date = May 21, 2009 | location = England | isbn = 978-0-299-23140-8 | title = The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses | first = Barbara | last = Pavlock | publisher = University of Wisconsin Press | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y0zJUnW1w1gC}}
- {{cite book | first = William | last = Smith | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | title = A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | location = London, UK | publisher = John Murray, printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street | date = 1873}}
Category:Mythological Arcadians
Category:Metamorphoses characters
Category:Mythological people involved in incest
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