Hylas and the Nymphs (1896) by John William Waterhouse. John William Waterhouse ( April 6, 1849 &ndash February 10, 1917) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most A Pre-Raphaelite rendering of Hylas' enticement. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by

In Greek mythology, Hylas (Greek: Ύλας) was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Dryopians were a tribe of ancient Greece. According to Herodotus, they had once lived in a place called Dryopia later known as Doris. Other sources such as Ovid state that Hylas' father was Heracles and his mother was the nymph Melite, or that his mother was the wife of Theiodamus, whose adulterous affair with Heracles caused the war between him and her husband. Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or Melite was one of the Naiads, daughter of the river god Aegaeus, and one of the many loves of Zeus and his son Hercules. He gained his beauty from his divine mother and his military prowess from his demigod father. The term " demigod " meaning "half-god" is used to describe mythological figures whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human

After Heracles killed Theiodamus in battle for his son, Hylas, he took the boy on as arms bearer, taught him the ways of a warrior, and in time the two fell in love.

Argonauts

Heracles took Hylas with him on the Argo, making him one of the Argonauts. In Greek mythology, the Argo (Ἀργώ was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the For other uses of this term see Argonaut. In Greek mythology, the Argonauts ( Ancient Greek:) were a band of heroes Hylas was kidnapped by the nymph of the spring of Pegae, (Dryope), that fell in love with him in Mysia and vanished without a trace (Apollonius Rhodios). In Greek mythology, Dryope (Δρυόπη was the daughter of Dryops ("oak-man" or of Eurytus (and hence half-sister to Iole) Mysia (Μυσία was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) Heracles was heartbroken. He along with Polyphemus (not the cyclops Polyphemus) searched for a long time. Polyphemus ( English launguage: fvmdkofmsdk transliterated as Polyphemos in Robert Fitzgerald 's translation is a character in Greek The ship set sail without them. They never found Hylas because he had fallen in love with the nymphs and remained "to share their power and their love. " (Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica)

Other uses

"Hylas" is also the name of one of the two characters in George Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. Gaius Valerius Flaccus (died ca AD 90 was a Roman Poet who flourished in the " Silver Age " under the emperors Vespasian and Titus The Argonautica ( Greek:) is a Greek Epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE. George Berkeley (ˈbɑrkli (12 March 1685 14 January 1753 also known as Bishop Berkeley, was a Philosopher. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a book written by George Berkeley in 1713. He represents the materialist position against which Berkeley (through Philonous) argues. In this context, the name is derived from ύλη, the classical Greek term for "matter. "

Spoken-word myths - audio files

External links

• The Story of Hercules and Hylas
• Carlos Parada, "Hylas"
• Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous