Canopus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Canopus or Canobus (Greek: Κάνωβος) was the pilot of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta during the Trojan War. Canopus is described as a handsome young man who was loved by the Egyptian prophetess Theonoe but never reciprocated her feelings.
According to legend, while visiting the Egyptian coast Canopus was bitten by a serpent and died. His master Menelaus erected a monument to him at one of the mouths of the River Nile, around which the town of Canopus later developed.[1][2]
Also named for Canopus is Canopus, the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina (the keel of the ship Argo) and the second-brightest star in the night sky after Sirius.
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