Canopus (mythology)

For other uses, see Canopus (disambiguation).
Statuette of Osiris-Canopus with vase-shaped body, bronze, between 332 BC and 395 (Hellenistic/Roman Egypt). Museo Egizio, Turin.

In Greek mythology, Canopus or Canobus (Ancient Greek: Κάνωβος) was the pilot of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta during the Trojan War.