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  • In Greek mythology, Hyrieus (Template:Lang-grc) was the father of Nycteus and Lycus, and the son of Alcyone, one of the Pleiades, and Poseidon.
  • Another mythological Hyrieus, the eponym of Hyria in Boeotia, was childless and a widower when he became the father of Orion.

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) and the references therein.

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