Hyrieus
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In Greek mythology, Hyrieus was the father of Nycteus and Lycus, and the son of Alcyone, one of the Pleiades, and Poseidon.
Another mythological Hyreius, the eponym of Hyria in Boeotia, was childless and a widower when he became the father of Orion.
[edit] References
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheke 3.10.1; cf. 3.5.5, which calls the father of Lycus and Nycteus Chthonius ("earthman")
- Hyginus Astronomy 2.34.
- For modern authors, see Orion (mythology).
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