Hyllus (river)

Hyllus (river)

:"Hyllus/Hyllos is also the name of a son of Herakles, see Hyllus."

Hyllus or Hyllos ( _el. Ὕλλος) – also, Phrygius – was the ancient name of a river of Asia Minor, a tributary of the river Hermus, in Lydia, flowing into Hermus from the north. (Homer Iliad xx. 392; Herodotus i. 80; Pliny v. 31.) In the time of Strabo (xiii. p. 626) the river was called "Phrygius".

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