Hyrieus

• In Greek mythology, Hyrieus (Ancient Greek: Ὑριεύς) was the father of Nycteus and Lycus, and the son of Alcyone, one of the Pleiades, and Poseidon.

• Another mythological Hyrieus, the eponym of Hyria in Boeotia, was childless and a widower when he became the father of Orion.

References

• Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheke 3.10.1; cf. 3.5.5, which calls the father of Lycus and Nycteus Chthonius ("earthman")
• Hyginus Astronomy 2.34.
• For modern authors, see Orion (mythology) and the references therein.