Hyllus (river)

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

Hyllus or Hyllos (Greek: 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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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).