Hylas
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Ἱστορεῖ Νίκανδρος Ἑτεροιουμένων β΄.
1
Ἡρακλῆς ὅτε μετὰ τῶν Ἀργοναυτῶν ἔπλει, στρατηγὸς ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀποδειχθεὶς συνεπήγετο μεθ' αὑτοῦ καὶ Ὕλαν, παῖδα μὲν Κήυκος, νέον δὲ καὶ καλόν.
2
ἐπεὶ δὲ πρὸς τὸ στενὸν ἐξίκοντο τοῦ Πόντου καὶ τὰ σφυρὰ παρέπλευσαν τῆς Ἀργανθώνης καὶ ἐγένετο χειμὼν καὶ σάλος, ἐνταῦθα καταβαλόντες ἀγκύρας ἀνέπαυσαν τὴν ναῦν.
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καὶ Ἡρακλῆς παρεῖχε τοῖς ἥρωσι τὸ δεῖπνον.
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ὁ δὲ παῖς Ὕλας ἔχων κρωσσὸν ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν Ἀσκάνιον ποταμὸν ὕδωρ ἀποίσων τοῖς ἀριστεῦσι· καὶ αὐτὸν ἰδοῦσαι νύμφαι, <αἱ> τοῦ ποταμοῦ τούτου θυγατέρες, ἠράσθησαν, ἀρυόμενον δὲ καταβάλλουσιν εἰς τὴν κρήνην.
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καὶ ὁ μὲν Ὕλας ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο, Ἡρακλῆς δ', ἐπεὶ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἐνόστει καταλιπὼν τοὺς ἥρωας ἐξερευνᾷ πανταχοῖ τὸν δρυμὸν καὶ ἐβόησε πολλάκις τὸν Ὕλαν.
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νύμφαι δὲ δείσασαι τὸν Ἡρακλέα, μὴ αὐτὸν εὕροι κρυπτόμενον παρ' αὐταῖς, μετέβαλον τὸν Ὕλαν καὶ ἐποίησαν ἠχὼ καὶ πρὸς τὴν βοὴν πολλάκις ἀντεφώνησεν Ἡρακλεῖ.
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καὶ ὁ μὲν ὡς οὐκ ἐδύνατο πλεῖστα ποιησάμενος ἐξευρεῖν τὸν Ὕλαν, παρεγένετο πρὸς τὴν ναῦν καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν ἔπλει μετὰ τῶν ἀριστέων.
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Πολύφημον δὲ καταλείπει ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ, εἴ πως δύναιτο ζητῶν ἐξευρεῖν αὐτῷ τὸν Ὕλαν·
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καὶ ὁ μὲν Πολύφημος ἔφθη τελευτήσας.
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Ὕλᾳ δὲ θύουσιν ἄχρι νῦν παρὰ τὴν κρήνην οἱ ἐπιχώριοι καὶ αὐτὸν ἐξ ὀνόματος εἰς τρὶς ὁ ἱερεὺς φωνεῖ καὶ εἰς τρὶς ἀμείβεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ἠχώ.
Notes
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