In Greek mythology, the name Phylas (The name derives from the root of the ancient Greek noun phylax (φύλαξ), meaning guardian, protector, or keeper.) may refer to:
Phylas, king of Ephyra, a descendant of Dryopes. Heracles led a war against him and killed him.Apollodorus, 2.7.6; Pausanias, 4.34.9 Phylas had two daughters, Meda and Astyoche; Heracles consorted with both and fathered Antiochus with the former,Diodorus Siculus, 4.37.1; Pausanias, 1.5.2 & 10.10.1 and Tlepolemus with the latter.Apollodorus, 2.7.6 Phylas, son of Antiochus, thus a great-grandson of the precedent. With Leipephilene, daughter of Iolaus and Megara, he became father of HippotesApollodorus, 2.8.3 and Thero.Pausanias, 9.40.6 (quoting Hesiod's Megalai Ehoiai) Phylas, father of Polymele; he raised Eudoros, his daughter's son by Hermes.Homer, Iliad 16.180-195
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