# Young Hylas — Poetry character guide

> Young Hylas in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hylas

**First appearance:** 0029-h-las

## Who they are

A beautiful youth from Greek myth, companion of Heracles.

## Relationships

### [Pan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/characters/pan)

_romantic_

Pan pursues the beautiful youth Hylas with amorous intent, a classic mythic seduction.

## In the story

### [Ravenna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/ravenna)

Mentioned as Hylas mirrored in the perfect stream, part of the poet's Hellenic dream.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/v)

Imagined mirrored in the perfect stream.

### [The Garden of Eros](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-garden-of-eros)

Referenced in the flowers mourning Herakles strewed on his tomb.

### [Charmides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/charmides)

Mentioned by woodmen as another possible identity for the youth.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned by woodmen as a possible identity for the beautiful lad by the stream.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/ii)

The drowned boy is described as a beautiful youth, reminiscent of Hylas, brought back to the Grecian shore.

### [Santa Decca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/santa-decca)

Young Hylas no longer seeks the water-springs.

### [Canzonet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/canzonet)

Mentioned as dead, his lips compared to rose-petals.

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