Hyllus

Eldest of the canonical Heraclidae, the sons of Heracles by Deianira. He led the first attempt of the Heraclidae to return to the Peloponnese and was killed in single combat by Echemus of Tegea; his descendants were reckoned the royal line of the Spartan kings.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• paternal: Heracles
• maternal: Deianira

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestryOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.

  Claimed divine ancestry; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.

  • father: HeraclesSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
  • mother: DeianiraSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
  Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
  Complete cited pedigree (3 ancestral accounts)

  • HeraclesThe quoted pedigree explicitly calls Heracles son of Zeus but does not name his mother. Other accounts remain separately available. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
    • father: ZeusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
    Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
  • DeianiraThe pedigree names Dionysus and Althaea; the Oeneus account is preserved separately. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
    • father: DionysusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
    • mother: AlthaeaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
    Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
  • AlthaeaOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
    • father: Thestius of AetoliaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
    Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)

Children

• Cleodaeus

Children in alternative accounts

• Cleodaeus: Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestrySatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)

Variant accounts

• classification correctionThe named parentage and newly completed Apollodoran ancestry place the record in this registry ancestry band. This updates the prior tier based on incomplete ancestry; the band does not assert an exact biological percentage where coparents or source alternatives remain unresolved.Apollodorus, Library 2.7.7–8 (primary); Apollodorus, Library 1.7.2–10; 1.8.1 (primary)
• source review correctionThe cited birth account records genealogy, not a change to a distinct divine tier. Classification is derived from the selected ancestry rather than an unsupported lifecycle transition.Apollodorus, Library 2.7.7–2.8.5 (primary)

Powers

• physical strength extreme
• Lead the first Heraclid return to the Peloponnese

Relations

• sibling: MacariaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• spouse: IoleApollod. 2.7.7 (Heracles's deathbed instruction) (primary)
• killed by: EchemusReciprocal of greek_apollod_echemus.killer-ofHdt. 9.26; Diod. 4.58 (primary)
• child (dynastic pedigree): CleodaeusNamed child in the Satyrus pedigree; this claim does not alter conventional default parentage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
• father (dynastic pedigree): HeraclesNamed parent in the Satyrus pedigree; select that account to display the claimed lineage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
• mother (dynastic pedigree): DeianiraNamed parent in the Satyrus pedigree; select that account to display the claimed lineage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollod. 2.7.7-8.1 (primary)
• parentage: Apollod. 2.7.7 (primary)