Hyllus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hyllus (/ˈhɪləs/; Ancient Greek: Ὕλλος) was the name of the following characters:
- Hyllus, a Lydian son of Gaia after whom a river was named. After this stream, Heracles named his son, Hyllus.[1]
- Hyllus, son of Heracles and Deianira.[2]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, 1.35.8.
- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 22 Most, pp. 78, 79 [= fr. 25 Merkelbach-West].
References
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, in Hesiod: The Shield, Catalogue of Women, Other Fragments, edited and translated by Glenn W. Most, Loeb Classical Library No. 503, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2007, 2018. ISBN 978-0-674-99721-9. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Merkelbach, R., and M. L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1967. ISBN 978-0-19-814171-6.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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