384:''While his beard was fresh, stags trembled in terror before him, and the hare was welcome prey. But when years matured his manhood, he breavely closed with the shaggy lioness and the boar. He sought the lair and brood of the whelped lioness and was bloody prey to the Libyan beast.''
481:, or at least backed by a Phoenician army, and there may be a nugget of political reality at the heart of the myth, that a Phoenician colony established along the Boeotian coast had displaced some of the area's aboriginal inhabitants while absorbing others.
433:— needed to be controlled under the Olympian world-picture (Ruck and Staples). In fact among the poets it is immaterial whether Hyas is described as their father or their brother. And his death gave these weepy
408:''His {i.e. Hyas]] mother sobbed for Hyas, his sad sisters sobbed and Atlas, whose neck would haul the world. The sisters surpassed both parents in pious love and won heaven. Their name is from Hyas."
429:, may simply have been to provide a male figure to consort with the archaic rain-nymphs, the Hyades, a chaperone responsible for their behavior, as all the archaic sisterhoods— even the
553:
392:, but most commonly he is said to have been gored by a wild boar. His sisters, the Hyades, mourned his death with so much vehemence and dedication that they died of grief.
727:
723:
693:
445:, neither in mythic narrative nor in rite, even the alternative accounts of his demise being somewhat conventional and interchangeable: compare the death of
360:
141:
205:
852:
461:
The
Hyantes, descendants of Hyas—or rather of the Hyades, for the fertility of rain-nymphs needs no male consort— were the original ("
864:
176:
209:
145:
890:
221:
213:
738:
This commonplace about the mourning role for Greek women, who were normally kept in seclusion, is explored in Gail Holst-Warhaft,
746:
880:
376:
Hyas was a notable archer who was killed by his intended prey. Some stories have him dying after attempting to rob a
895:
816:
264:
396:, in recognition of their familial love, took pity upon them and changed them into stars—the constellation
900:
841:
317:
who was regarded as the ancestor of the ancient
Hyantes (Ὕαντες), who were the aboriginal inhabitants of
840:
Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William
Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933.
500:, another region that retained a primitive character into Classical times. The poets used the adjective
134:
885:
667:
352:
437:-nymphs a cause for their weeping, mourning for a male being an acceptably passive female role in the
549:
529:
The speaker is
Actaeon, grandson of Cadmus, who came to an end somewhat similar to that of Hyas.
217:
474:
401:
255:
802:
translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas
Publications in Humanistic Studies.
792:
translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas
Publications in Humanistic Studies.
557:
441:
culture of the
Hellenes. Hyas had no separate existence except as progenitor/guardian of the
438:
397:
17:
508:
or "rural", partly as a demonstration of how conversant they were with such arcane details:
785:
573:
8:
808:
389:
344:
154:
64:
426:
356:
348:
180:
172:
126:
68:
336:
333:
184:
60:
743:
283:
111:
106:
101:
91:
750:
544:
310:
116:
593:
422:
276:
874:
826:
605:
404:, where their annual rising and setting are accompanied by plentiful rain.
663:
648:
597:
484:
Some of the
Hyantes are said to have emigrated to isolated and pastoral
359:. In one account, Hyas instead was called the father of the Hyades by
708:
641:
580:
489:
478:
462:
493:
446:
340:
831:
803:
793:
676:
630:
497:
466:
450:
318:
314:
96:
35:
634:
622:
485:
470:
199:
166:
158:
671:
430:
193:
162:
469:, from which country they were expelled by the followers of
821:
601:
522:
496:
explanation for the city's name. Others supposedly fled to
393:
377:
298:
292:
269:
86:
849:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythography
198:(ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and
740:
Dangerous Voices: Women's
Laments and Greek Literature.
477:, for example), Cadmus was remembered as having been a
192:(i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis),
301:
842:
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
742:London and New York: Routledge, 1992. See also the
289:
286:
518:My Friends our nets and javelins reake with blood:
872:
521:Enough hath been the fortune of this day: —(
813:Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
512:Thus, then, Hyantius to his Partners spake,
295:
515:That trod the Mazes of the pathlesse Wood:
832:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
804:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
794:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
873:
790:Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus
275:
618:
616:
473:. Into late Classical times (as by
13:
782:, 1994. Part III: The Liminal Hero
778:Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples,
14:
912:
858:
800:Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus
666:with Alexander as the authority;
613:
412:
400:—and placed them in the head of
282:
891:Demigods in classical mythology
830:translated by James G. Frazer.
756:
492:, or at least that gave a good
732:
713:
698:
683:
653:
585:
567:
538:
1:
772:
366:
270:
7:
780:The World of Classical Myth
417:The mythological use for a
388:Some have Hyas killed by a
321:. His name means rain from
10:
917:
881:Mythological Greek archers
744:Bryn Mawr Classical Review
456:
259:
15:
562:Orchomenos und die Minyer
327:
238:
230:
74:
56:
51:
43:
30:
25:
532:
371:
332:Hyas was the son of the
847:William Smith, editor.
762:Peck; Pliny the Elder,
32:Ancestor of the Hyantes
896:Mythological Boeotians
836:Publius Ovidius Naso,
798:Gaius Julius Hyginus,
410:
386:
351:, thus brother to the
488:, where they founded
406:
382:
18:Hyas (disambiguation)
822:Publius Ovidius Naso
786:Gaius Julius Hyginus
16:For other uses, see
865:Pereus Lookup Tool:
809:Harry Thurston Peck
901:Boeotian mythology
764:Naturalis Historia
749:2002-09-24 at the
550:Naturalis Historia
465:") inhabitants of
339:and either of the
886:Children of Atlas
753:of Holst-Warhaft.
504:as equivalent to
268:
249:
248:
908:
767:
760:
754:
736:
730:
717:
711:
702:
696:
687:
681:
657:
651:
637:, 254; Hyginus,
620:
611:
589:
583:
571:
565:
542:
308:
307:
304:
303:
300:
297:
294:
291:
288:
279:
273:
263:
261:
244:(in one account)
23:
22:
916:
915:
911:
910:
909:
907:
906:
905:
871:
870:
861:
775:
770:
761:
757:
751:Wayback Machine
737:
733:
718:
714:
703:
699:
688:
684:
658:
654:
621:
614:
590:
586:
572:
568:
545:Pliny the Elder
543:
539:
535:
459:
421:, apparently a
415:
374:
369:
330:
311:Greek mythology
285:
281:
277:[hyːás]
226:
203:
197:
191:
170:
152:
130:
129:
121:
83:
82:
39:
33:
21:
12:
11:
5:
914:
904:
903:
898:
893:
888:
883:
869:
868:
860:
859:External links
857:
856:
855:
845:
834:
819:
806:
796:
783:
774:
771:
769:
768:
755:
731:
712:
697:
682:
661:De Astronomica
652:
646:De Astronomica
612:
594:De Astronomica
584:
566:
536:
534:
531:
527:
526:
519:
516:
513:
458:
455:
423:back formation
414:
413:Interpretation
411:
373:
370:
368:
365:
329:
326:
247:
246:
240:
236:
235:
232:
228:
227:
225:
224:
188:
149:
138:
124:
123:
122:
120:
119:
114:
109:
104:
99:
94:
89:
80:
79:
78:
76:
72:
71:
58:
54:
53:
49:
48:
45:
41:
40:
31:
28:
27:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
913:
902:
899:
897:
894:
892:
889:
887:
884:
882:
879:
878:
876:
866:
863:
862:
854:
850:
846:
843:
839:
835:
833:
829:
828:
823:
820:
818:
814:
810:
807:
805:
801:
797:
795:
791:
787:
784:
781:
777:
776:
765:
759:
752:
748:
745:
741:
735:
729:
725:
722:
716:
710:
707:
701:
695:
692:
686:
679:
678:
673:
669:
665:
662:
656:
650:
647:
643:
640:
636:
632:
628:
624:
619:
617:
609:
608:
603:
599:
596:
595:
588:
582:
579:
575:
570:
563:
559:
555:
552:
551:
546:
541:
537:
530:
524:
520:
517:
514:
511:
510:
509:
507:
503:
499:
495:
491:
487:
482:
480:
476:
472:
468:
464:
454:
452:
448:
444:
440:
436:
432:
428:
424:
420:
409:
405:
403:
399:
395:
391:
385:
381:
380:of its cubs.
379:
364:
362:
358:
354:
350:
346:
342:
338:
335:
325:
324:
320:
316:
312:
306:
278:
272:
266:
257:
256:Ancient Greek
253:
245:
241:
237:
233:
229:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
201:
196:and Eudora or
195:
189:
186:
182:
178:
174:
168:
164:
160:
156:
150:
147:
143:
139:
136:
132:
131:
128:
118:
115:
113:
110:
108:
105:
103:
100:
98:
95:
93:
90:
88:
85:
84:
77:
73:
70:
66:
62:
59:
55:
50:
46:
42:
37:
29:
24:
19:
848:
837:
825:
812:
799:
789:
779:
763:
758:
739:
734:
720:
715:
705:
700:
690:
685:
675:
660:
655:
645:
638:
626:
606:
592:
587:
577:
569:
561:
548:
540:
528:
505:
501:
483:
460:
442:
434:
418:
416:
407:
387:
383:
375:
331:
323:hyô, hyetos.
322:
251:
250:
243:
81:(a) Pleiades
629:fr. 2 from
494:etiological
439:patriarchal
190:5 includes:
151:3 includes:
140:2 includes
875:Categories
773:References
668:Eustathius
556:; compare
506:Boeoticus,
479:Phoenician
133:1 include
853:"Hyantes"
817:"Hyantes"
704:Hyginus,
694:5.173–178
659:Hyginus,
631:Scholiast
627:Astronomy
591:Hyginus,
490:Hyampolis
475:Pausanias
463:Pelasgian
367:Mythology
265:romanized
52:Genealogy
36:Boeotians
867:Hyantes"
815:, 1898.
747:Archived
502:Hyantius
447:Meleager
353:Pleiades
341:Oceanids
315:Boeotian
313:, was a
239:Children
185:Ambrosia
177:Phaisyle
75:Siblings
706:Fabulae
680:p. 1155
677:Odyssey
639:Fabulae
578:Fabulae
574:Hyginus
558:Müiller
498:Aetolia
467:Boeotia
457:Hyantes
451:Actaeon
443:Hyantes
390:serpent
361:Boeotia
345:Pleione
319:Boeotia
267::
242:Hyades
234:Boeotia
231:Consort
210:Synecho
155:Coronis
146:Prodice
112:Sterope
107:Celaeno
102:Alcyone
97:Taygete
92:Electra
65:Pleione
57:Parents
47:Boeotia
838:Fasti.
719:Ovid,
689:Ovid,
664:2.21.4
649:2.21.4
635:Aratus
623:Hesiod
598:2.21.4
564:p. 124
486:Phocis
471:Cadmus
427:Hyades
402:Taurus
398:Hyades
357:Hyades
349:Aethra
328:Family
309:), in
222:Niseis
218:Cardie
214:Baccho
204:(iii)
200:Polyxo
181:Eudora
173:Aesyle
167:Philia
165:) and
159:Cleeia
142:Thyone
127:Hyades
117:Merope
69:Aethra
34:(i.e.
827:Fasti
724:5.179
721:Fasti
691:Fasti
672:Homer
610:5.164
607:Fasti
533:Notes
431:Muses
425:from
372:Death
337:Atlas
334:Titan
206:Pytho
194:Phaeo
171:(ii)
163:Cleis
135:Dione
61:Atlas
44:Abode
766:4.12
602:Ovid
554:4.12
523:Ovid
435:rain
419:Hyas
394:Zeus
378:lion
355:and
271:Hūás
252:Hyas
220:and
187:or
183:and
175:(or
161:(or
153:(i)
148:or
144:and
137:or
125:(b)
87:Maia
63:and
26:Hyas
728:182
709:248
670:ad
642:192
633:on
581:192
449:or
347:or
260:Ὑάς
179:),
67:or
877::
851::
824:,
811:,
788:,
674:,
644:;
625:,
615:^
604:,
600:;
576:,
560:,
547:,
453:.
363:.
343:,
293:aɪ
280:;
274:,
262:,
258::
216:,
212:,
208:,
202:or
169:or
157:,
844:.
726:–
525:)
305:/
302:s
299:ə
296:.
290:h
287:ˈ
284:/
254:(
38:)
20:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.