Hyllus

, a son of Hercules and Dejanira, who, soon after his father’s death, married Iole. He, as well as his father, was persecuted by the envy of Eurystheus, and obliged to fly from the Peloponnesus. The A then i ans gave a kind reception to Hyllus and the rest of the Heraclidæ, and marched against Eurystheus. Hyllus obtained a victory over his enemies, and killed with his own hand Eurystheus, and sent his head to Alcmena his grandmother. Some time after he attempted to recover the Peloponnesus with the Heraclidæ, and was killed in single combat by Echemus king of Arcadia. See: Heraclidæ , Hercules . Hero dot us , bk. 7 , ch. 204 , . — Strabo , bk. 9 .— Diodorus , bk. 4 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 9 , li. 279 .――A river of Lydia, flowing into the Hernus. It is called also Phryx. Livy , bk. 37 , ch. 38 .— Hero dot us , bk. 1 , ch. 180 .