Syleus (mythology)

Syleus (Greek Συλεύς, also Συλέως ) was a son of Poseidon and a tyrant in Aulis. All strangers who passed through his territory, he forced them to work in his vineyards, which he then killed. Only Heracles made the bustle to an end when he, together with the roots dug up the plants and Syleus wine as well as its subsidiary Xenodoke killed.