Hyrieus
- 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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