"There was a Sikel goddess Hybla, whom the Greeks looked on as
the same with several goddesses of their own mythology, here
with one, there with another. Three towns in Sicily were
called after her, one in the southeastern part of the island,
now Ragusa, another on the coast north of Syracuse, near the
place where the Greek colony of Megara was afterwards planted.
This gave Its name to the Hyblaian hills not far off, famous
for their honey; but there is no hill strictly called Mount
Hybla. The third Hybla is inland, not far from Catania, and is
now called Paterno."
_E. A. Freeman,
Story of Sicily,
page 33._
HYDASPES, The.
The ancient name of the river Jelum, or Jhelum, in the Punjab,
on the banks of which the Indian king Porus made a vain
attempt to oppose the invasion of Alexander.
_C. Thirlwall,
History of Greece,
chapter 53._
HYDER ALI AND TIPPOO SAIB,
English Wars with.
See INDIA: A. D. 1767-1769; 1780-1783;
and 1785-1793.
HYDERABAD OR HAIDERABAD,
The Nizam of.
See INDIA: A. D. 1662-1748; and 1877.
HY-IVAR, The.
See NORMANS.
NORTHMEN: 8TH-9TH CENTURIES, and 10TH-13TH CENTURIES.
HYKSOS, The.
See EGYPT: THE HYKSOS.
HYLLEANS, The.
"The Hylleans are never mentioned in any historical narrative,
but always in mythical [Greek] legends; and they appear to
have been known to the geographers only from mythological
writers. Yet they are generally placed in the islands of
Melita and Black-Corcyra, to the south of Liburnia."
_C. O. Müller,
History and Antiquity of the Doric Race,
volume 1, introduction._