Theiodamas, king of theDryopes, father ofHylas[2] by thenymphMenodice, daughter ofOrion.[3] TheBibliotheca andApollonius Rhodius relate of him that one day when he was working the land with a plough pulled by two bulls, he encounteredHeracles. The latter, being short of food at the moment, slaughtered one of Theiodamas' bulls and consumed it. Theiodamas attempted to start a fight over the bull and was killed by Heracles. Apollonius Rhodius suggests that the incident was simply a pretext for Heracles to start a war against the unjust Dryopes; according to Apollodorus, Heracles did conquer the people in alliance withCeyx ofTrachis.[4] In some accounts, Hylas' parentage was given asEuphemus[5] or even KingCeyx ofTrachis.[6]
Theiodamas, a seer, son ofMelampus. He followedAdrastus in the war of theSeven against Thebes and was chosen to replaceAmphiaraus, who had been swallowed up by the earth, and the leader of a night attack, proposed by him himself on divine inspiration, on sleeping Thebans surrounding the Argive camp after the latter's death.[7]
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