Brewer's: Lælaps

A very powerful dog given by Diana to Procris; Procris gave it to Cephalos. While pursuing a wild boar it was metamorphosed into a stone. (See Dogs, Actæcon's fifty dogs.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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