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Autophonus (ancient Greek Αὐτόφονος) is a person from Greek mythology.

He appears in the Iliad in an internal narrative by Agamemnon, in which Agamemnon reports of controversies for the throne in Thebes. Autophonus is mentioned here as the father of Polyphontes, who supported Polynices in the fight against his brother Tydeus. [1]

Literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll: Autophonos. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Ed.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 738 (digitized version).
Ulrich Hoefer: Autophonos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2607 (digitized version).

Remarks
Homer, Iliad 4, 395.

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