Hyllos
In the Greek Mythology, Hyllos (in Greek old Ὕλλος / Húllos ) was the son of Héraclès and Déjanire.
It was high at Céyx, king of Trachis in Thessalie, to which it hero had entrusted his wife and her children, while it was occupied with his famous work. Sent by Déjanire in the search of his father, it had sorrow to meet it at the time when it had just covered the tunic of Nessos. Feeling that it was going to succumb, Héraclès him recommandea to place it on the Mont Œta, to carry it on one to rough-hew, to put the fire of its hands at it, and finally to marry Iole.
It was Hyllos which killed Eurysthée, which fought against the Héraclides. It took refuge at the court of Égimios, hero founder of the Doriens, that Héraclès had helped in its combat against the Lapithes. Ægimius adopted Hyllos to fulfill the promise made to the hero, and made its successor of it. Hyllos received of the oracle of Delphes the order to reconquer the Peloponnese. It defied Atrée, chief of Pélopides, and descendant of Eurysthée. If it were overcome, Héraclides could enter the Peloponnese only hundred years after its death. Hyllos perishes in the combat, and its descendants were obliged to observe the treaty. According to other traditions, it was Échémos, king of Tégée, which killed it.
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