. 27) TafuroKiTaiv rhirpodtTTetov. Hyantes (Yavres), the ancient inhabitantsof Boeotia, from which country they were ex-pelled by the Cadmeans. Part of the Hyantesemigrated to Phocis [Hyampolis], and part toAetolia. The poets use the adjective Hyantiusas equivalent to Boeotian. (Strab. pp. 321, 401,464 ; Ov. Met. iii. 147.) Hyas (Toj).—1. The name of the fatherand the brother of the Hyades.—2. (Sometimesconfused with No. 1), the eponymous hero ofthe Boeotian Hyantes. He was married toBoeotia. (Paus. ix. 5, 1; Plin. iv. 26.) Hybla (X0
. 27) TafuroKiTaiv rhirpodtTTetov. Hyantes (Yavres), the ancient inhabitantsof Boeotia, from which country they were ex-pelled by the Cadmeans. Part of the Hyantesemigrated to Phocis [Hyampolis], and part toAetolia. The poets use the adjective Hyantiusas equivalent to Boeotian. (Strab. pp. 321, 401,464 ; Ov. Met. iii. 147.) Hyas (Toj).—1. The name of the fatherand the brother of the Hyades.—2. (Sometimesconfused with No. 1), the eponymous hero ofthe Boeotian Hyantes. He was married toBoeotia. (Paus. ix. 5, 1; Plin. iv. 26.) Hybla (X0\ri: r&Kaios, Hyblensis), threetowns in Sicily, named after a Sicilian goddessHybla. 1. Major (r) (uy or fieydXn), on the of Mt. Aetna and on the river Symaethus,was originally a town of the Siculi. It was calledHybla Gereatis or Galeatis (Thuc. vi. 62; 23; Steph. Byz. s. v.). It is probably theHybla famous for honey (Verg. Eel. i. 37 ; v. 13, 22), though Strabo (p. 267) seemsto make that a characteristic of Megara.—2,. Coin of Hybla Major (about 210 ).Obv., head of goddess Hybla, crowned with the modius;rev., Dionysus and panther, with legend YBAA2 metaaas. Minor (t) fxiKpd), afterwards called Megara.[Megaea.]—3. Heraea, in the S. of the island,on the road from Syracuse to Agrigentum.—The above seems the true distinction betweenthe first two towns, but it is not unquestioned,partly owing to the confused description inPausanias and Stephanus. Hybreas (r,8p6as), of Mylasa in Caria, a cele-brated orator, contemporary with the triumvirAntonius (Strab. pp. 630, 659; Plut. Ant. 24). Hyecara (to. TKKapa: Tmapevs : Muro diOarini), a town of the Sicani on the N. coast ofSicily, W. of Panormus, said to have derived itsname from the sea fish vnai. It was taken bythe Athenians, and plundered, and its inha-bitants sold as slaves, B. c. 415. Among thecaptives was the beautiful Timandra, mistressof Alcibiades and mother of Lais. (Thuc. ; Diod
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