Hyale One of Diana’s nymphs. Bk III:165-205. Hyantëus, Hyantius Boeotian, applied to Actaeon. Bk III:138-164. Bk V:294-331. Applied to the Heliconian fountain of Aganippe. Bk VIII:260-328. Home of Iolaüs, present at the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Hydra The many-headed water-serpent, born of Typhon and Echidna, that lived at Lerna near Argos. Its destruction was the Second Labour of Hercules (Heracles). Bk II:633-675. Bk IX:159-210. Hercules used the Hydra’s venom to tip his poisoned arrows, and struck Chiron his old friend inadvertently while fighting the Centaurs (The Fourth Labour). Chiron was in agony but could not die. Prometheus offered to die in his place. Zeus approved and Chiron was able to choose death. Bk IX:1-88. Hercules describes his fight with the Hydra while taunting Acheloüs. (See Gustave Moreau’s painting – Hercules and the Lernean Hydra – in the Art Institute of Chicago) Bk IX:89-158. The shirt of Nessus is soaked with its venom. Hyles A centaur. Bk XII:290-326. Hyleus He is present at the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Bk VIII:260-328. Hyleüs From Hyle, a town in Boeotia. The home town of Alcon the engraver. Bk XIII:675-704. Hyllus The son of Hercules and Deianira. Hercules has him marry Iole. Bk IX:273-323. Hylonome A female centaur, loved by Cyllarus. Inseparable in life, they died together, she killing herself to join him. Bk XII:393-428. Hymen, Hymenaeus God of marriage. Bk I: 473-503. Bk IV:753-803. Bk VI:401-438. Bk IX:764-797. He attends the wedding with Venus, the goddess of love, and Juno, the goddess of brides. Bk X:1-85. He attends the wedding of Orpheus and Eurydice but fails to bring his usual blessings. |
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