In
Greek mythology, Hyettus (
Ancient Greek: Ὕηττος - Hyettos) was a native of
Argos thought to have been the first man ever to have exacted vengeance over adultery: he reputedly killed
Molurus, whom he had caught with his wife, and was sent into exile. King
Orchomenus of
Boeotia received him hospitably and assigned to him some land, where the village
Hyettus was subsequently founded and named after him.[1][2]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.