Hyllus

Role: Heraclid · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.7

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Hyllus) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Hyllus)

Life events

Hyllus pursued and killed Eurystheus, then gave his head to Alcmena.(Apollodorus, Library 2.8 · 📍 Scironian cliffs)
- With: Eurystheus Alcmena
- “Eurystheus himself fled in a chariot, but was pursued and slain by Hyllus just as he was driving past the Scironian cliffs; and Hyllus cut off his head and gave it to Alcmena; and she gouged out his eyes with weaving-pins.”
Hyllus married Iole according to Hercules's commands.(Apollodorus, Library 2.8)
- With: Iole
- “But Hyllus married Iole according to his father's commands, and sought to effect the return of the Heraclids.”

parent: Heracles (parent->child) “by Deianira, daughter of Oeneus, he had Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus and Onites”
parent: Deianira (parent->child) “by Deianira, daughter of Oeneus, he had Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus and Onites”

with Eurystheus (Hyllus killed Eurystheus.) “Eurystheus himself fled in a chariot, but was pursued and slain by Hyllus just as he was driving past the Scironian cliffs;”
with Alcmena (Hyllus gave Eurystheus's head to Alcmena.) “and Hyllus cut off his head and gave it to Alcmena;”
married with Iole “But Hyllus married Iole according to his father's commands,”
enemies with Eurystheus “Eurystheus himself fled in a chariot, but was pursued and slain by Hyllus just as he was driving past the Scironian cliffs;”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.