Hylaeus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Hylaeumque Proper-name adjective: neuter vocative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter nominative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive plural, Proper-name noun: masculine accusative singular of Hylaeus
- A centaur who offered violence to Atalanta, Ov. A. A. 2, 191; Verg. A. 8, 294.—Hence,
- B Hylaeus, a, um, adj., of Hylaeus: ramus, Prop. 1, 1, 13: gens, Val. Fl. 6, 74: ille etiam (i. e. Milanion) Hylaei percussus vulnere rami, Prop. 1, 1, 13.—
- II One of Actaeon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 213; Hyg. Fab. 181.
(Ὑλαῖος), that is, the woodman, the name of an Arcadian centaur, who was slain by Atalante, when, in conjunction with Rhoetus, he pursued her. (Apollod. 3.9.2; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 221; Aelian, Ael. VH 13.1.) According to Propertius (1.1, 13) Hylaeus had also attacked and severely wounded Meilanion, the lover of Atalante. (Comp. Ov. Ars Am. 2.191.) According to some legends, Hylaeus fell in the fight against the Lapithae, and others again said that he was one of the centaurs slain by Heracles. (Virg. Georg. 2.457; Serv. ad Aen. 8.294; comp. Hor. Carm. 2.12, 5.) One of the dogs of Actaeon likewise bore the name of Hylaeus. (Ov. Met. 3.213.) [L.S]
(Ὑλαῖος, i. e. “the Woodman”). The name of an Arcadian centaur who was slain by Atalanta when he pursued her. According to some legends, Hylaeus fell in the fight against the Lapithae, and according to others he was one of the centaurs slain by Heracles.
- shot by Atalanta: Apollod. 3.9.1