Hylas. In classical mythology, Hylas was a youth who served as Heracles' companion and servant, as well as lover.
His abduction by water nymphs was a theme of ancient art, and has been an enduring subject for Western art in the classical tradition. In Greek mythology, Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians and the nymph Menodice.
In some accounts, his father was Euphemus or King Ceyx of Trachis. After Heracles killed Theiodamas in battle, he took on Hylas as arms bearer and taught him to be a warrior, and in time the two fell in love.
The poet Theocritus wrote about the love between Heracles and Hylas: We are not the first mortals to see beauty in what is beautiful. No, even Amphitryon's bronze-hearted son, who defeated the savage Nemean lion, loved a boy, charming Hylas, whose hair hung down in curls.
And like a father with a dear son he taught him all the things which had made him a mighty man, and famous. Heracles took Hylas with him on the Argo, making him one of the Argonauts. Hylas was kidnapped by nymphs of the spring of Pegae, Mysia when they fell in love with him, and he vanished without a trace. This greatly upset Heracles, who was his lover, so he along with Polyphemus searched for a great length of time. The ship set sail without them. According to the Latin Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus, they never found Hylas because the latter had fallen in love with th
His abduction by water nymphs was a theme of ancient art, and has been an enduring subject for Western art in the classical tradition. In Greek mythology, Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians and the nymph Menodice.
In some accounts, his father was Euphemus or King Ceyx of Trachis. After Heracles killed Theiodamas in battle, he took on Hylas as arms bearer and taught him to be a warrior, and in time the two fell in love.
The poet Theocritus wrote about the love between Heracles and Hylas: We are not the first mortals to see beauty in what is beautiful. No, even Amphitryon's bronze-hearted son, who defeated the savage Nemean lion, loved a boy, charming Hylas, whose hair hung down in curls.
And like a father with a dear son he taught him all the things which had made him a mighty man, and famous. Heracles took Hylas with him on the Argo, making him one of the Argonauts. Hylas was kidnapped by nymphs of the spring of Pegae, Mysia when they fell in love with him, and he vanished without a trace. This greatly upset Heracles, who was his lover, so he along with Polyphemus searched for a great length of time. The ship set sail without them. According to the Latin Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus, they never found Hylas because the latter had fallen in love with th
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