Hyas
(
*(/Uas).
The name of the father and brother of the Hyades. (Hygin.
Poet. Astr. 2.21; Ov.
Fast. v. 181;
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1155.)
The father was married to Boeotia, and was looked upon as the ancestor of the ancient Hyantes. (
Plin. Nat. 4.12; comp. Müiller,
Orchom. p. 124.) His son, or the brother of the Hyades, was killed in Libya by an animal, a serpent, a boar, or a lion. (
Hyg. Fab. 192.)
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