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Hyantes

Ὕαντες

Eth. Hyantes (Ὕαντες), are mentioned among the aboriginal inhabitants of Boeotia, who were driven out of this country by the Cadmeians, whereupon they founded the town of Hyampolis in Phocis. (Paus. 9.5.1, 9.35.5; Strab. vii. p.321, ix. pp. 401, 424, x. p. 464.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.