In Greek mythology, Hyleus () was one of heroes who participated in the Calydonian boar hunt.Apollodorus 1.8.2; Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.312 While the hunters surrounded the brute and slew it, Hyleus as well as Ancaeus were unlucky, as they were both killed by it.Apollodorus 1.8.2
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References Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library; Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.