Galaxy/The codex of Hylaeus

A centaur who, with Rhoecus, assaulted Atalanta in the Arcadian wilds and was killed by her arrows.1

I

In Apollodorus' Arcadian life of Atalanta, the virgin huntress who lived always under arms was set upon by the centaurs Rhoecus and Hylaeus; both tried to force her, and both were shot down and killed by her.2

II

The name appears elsewhere in Ovid's hunting catalogues — a hound or follower in other lists — but the centaur who fell to Atalanta belongs only to the Apollodoran Arcadian saga and must not be merged with those homonyms.3

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Hylaeus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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