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Hyllus

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Lydian Giant

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Ὑλλος

Hyllos

Hyllus


HYLLOS (Hyllus) was a giant of Lydia in western Anatolia for whom the river Hyllos was named.


Hyllos was probably somehow connected with the other giants of Lydian myth--Damasen, Atlas, Anax, and Asterios. The Greeks also identified him with Geryon.


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