Definition of Hylas
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LNS
Hylās, Hylae
Hylas
Ὕλας
noun (m., 1st Greek declension)
  1. a beautiful youth of Oechalia, companion of
  2. Hercules in the Argonautic expedition, who was carried off by the nymphs, and long sought for by Hercules in vain
Abbreviations
Hylas, ae, m., = Ὕλας, a beautiful youth of Oechalia (or Argos), companion of Hercules in the Argonautic expedition, who was carried off by the nymphs, and long sought for by Hercules in vain, Prop. 1, 20, 6; Ov. A. A. 2, 110; Juv. 1, 164; Val. Fl. 3, 596; Hyg. Fab. 14; Verg. E. 6, 44 (where, by poet. license, the voc. is scanned Hylā, Hȳl', like the Gr. Ἆρες, Ἄρες, Mart. 9, 11, 15).
 
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