Phyllius

, a young Bœotian, uncommonly fond of Cygnus the son of Hyria, a woman of Bœotia. Cygnus slighted his pa ion, and told him that, to obtain a return of affection, he must previously destroy an enormous lion, take alive two large vultures, and sacrifice on Jupiter’s altars a wild bull that infested the country. This he easily effected by means of artifice, and by the advice of Hercules he forgot his partiality for the son of Hyria. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 7 , li. 372 .— Nicander , Heteroeumena , bk. 3 .――A Spartan remarkable for the courage with which he fought against Pyrrhus king of Epirus.