In
Greek mythology,
Nebrophonus () may refer to a person and a canine:
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Nebrophonus, son of Jason and Hypsipyle, daughter of King Thoas of Lemnos.
[Ovid, Heroides 6.119] He was the twin brother of Euneus.[Apollodorus, 1.9.17] In some accounts, he was called Thoas[Euripides, Hypsipyle (fragments)] or Deipylus.[Hyginus, Fabulae 15]
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Nebrophonus, one of Actaeon dogs who attacked their master after he was being transformed into a stag by Artemis.
[Hyginus, Fabulae 181; Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.211]
Notes
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Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Ovid, The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
