Hy′ades were seven daughters of Atlas and Æthra, and they form a constellation which, when it rises with the sun, threatens rain.
Hy′dra. A famous monster serpent, which had many heads. It was slain by Hercules. See Hercules.
Hyge′ia, the goddess of health, was a daughter of Æsculapius and Epione. She was represented as a young woman feeding a serpent, which is twined round her arm.
Hy′las. A beautiful boy beloved by Hercules. The nymphs were jealous of him, and spirited him away while he was drawing water for Hercules.
Hy′men, the Grecian god of marriage, was either the son of Bacchus and Venus, or, as some say, of Apollo and one of the Muses. He was represented as a handsome youth, holding in his hand a burning torch.
“Some few there are of sordid mould
Who barter youth and bloom for gold:
But Hymen, gen’rous, just, and kind,
Abhors the mercenary mind;
Such rebels groan beneath his rod,