Hylas
From LSJ
Γνώμης γὰρ ἐσθλῆς ἔργα χρηστὰ γίγνεται → Proba sunt illius facta, cui mens est proba → Aus edler Einstellung erwächst die edle Tat
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὕλας, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hylas: ae, m., = Ὕλας,
I a beautiful youth of Œchalia (or Argos), companion of Hercules in the Argonautic expedition, who was carried off by the nymphs, and long sought for by Hercules in vain, Prop. 1, 20, 6; Ov. A. A. 2, 110; Juv. 1, 164; Val. Fl. 3, 596; Hyg. Fab. 14; Verg. E. 6, 44 (where, by poet. license, the voc. is scanned Hylā, Hȳl', like the Gr. Ἆρες, Ἄρες, Mart. 9, 11, 15).
