< Hyettus, son of Bias >

1 Origin

1295 BC, Hyettus was born in Pylus, Eleia.

2 Others

2.1 Emigration to Argos

1290 BC, Hyettus was accompanied by his father to emigrate to Argos. [Paus.2.18.4]

2.2 Emigration to Boeotia

1275 BC, Hyettus killed Molurus, son of Arisbas, and emigrated from Argos to Boeotia. [Paus.9.36.6]

Hyettus was given land by Orchomenus, son of Minyas, and founded Hyettus on the north side of Lake Copais. [Paus.9.36.6]

2.3 Father of Hyettus

Due to the chronology, it is difficult to say that Arisbas, the father of Molurus, was the son of Bias or Melampus, and he is thought to have been the son of Megapenthes, the son of Proetus, who lived in Argos before them.

Orchomenus, the son of Minyas, who gave the land to Hyettus, was an Aeolis.

Hyettus is therefore presumed to be the son of Bias, the son of Amythaon, who belonged to Aeolis.

2.4 Mother of Hyettus

Bias had two wives, Pero, the daughter of Neleus, and Lysippe, the daughter of Megapenthes. [Apo.1.9.13, Apo.2.2.2, Apollo.1.118]

If Pero was the mother of Hyettus, Hyettus would have emigrated to Boeotia after the death of Orchomenus, the son of Minyas.

Therefore, it is assumed that Hyettus' mother was Lysippe, the daughter of Megapenthes, who was older than Pero.

In that case, Hyettus and Molurus, whom he killed, would be cousins, with Megapenthes as their common grandfather.