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List of Gods : "King Hylas" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
King name "Hylas"	Greek	A son of Theiodamas, king of the Dryopes, by the nymph Menodice or a son of Heracles, Euphemus, or Ceyx. He was the favourite of Heracles, who, after having killed his father, Theiodamas, took him with him when he joined the expedition of the Argonauts. When the Argonauts landed on the coast of Mysia, Hylas went out to fetch water for Heracles but when he came to a well, his beauty excited the love of the Naiads, who drew him down into the water, and he was never seen again. Greek
King name "Theiodamas"	Greek	The father of Hylas, and king of the Dryopes. Greek

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