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Oxylus was the rustic demi-god (daimon) of mountain forests (or perhaps more specifically the mountain beech). He was a son of Oreios "the Mountain" and husband of Hamadryas "She-with-Tree" and the father of eight Hamadryad-nymph daughters who each presided over a species of tree. His son Andraemon was an early king of the mountain-dwelling Dryopes tribe. Oxylos was primarily associated with the mountain-forests of central Greece--the Pindus mountain range, Mount Oeta and Mount Othrys.
Oxylos' name is perhaps derived from the term axylos hylê, "virgin mountain-forest", or it could be connected with oxya, "beech-tree" (Fagus sylvatica). If the latter is the case, then his wife Hamadryas is probably drys, "oak", rather than drys, "tree" in general.
Oxylos is probably related to Hecaterus and Silenus--two rustic demi-gods who were also described as fathers of the Dryades and Satyroi (Satyrs).

Description
Oxylus was the rustic demi-god (daimon) of mountain forests (or perhaps more specifically the mountain beech). He was a son of Oreios "the Mountain" and husband of Hamadryas "She-with-Tree" and the father of eight Hamadryad-nymph daughters who each presided over a species of tree. His son Andraemon was an early king of the mountain-dwelling Dryopes tribe. Oxylos was primarily associated with the mountain-forests of central Greece--the Pindus mountain range, Mount Oeta and Mount Othrys.
Oxylos' name is perhaps derived from the term axylos hylê, "virgin mountain-forest", or it could be connected with oxya, "beech-tree" (Fagus sylvatica). If the latter is the case, then his wife Hamadryas is probably drys, "oak", rather than drys, "tree" in general.
Oxylos is probably related to Hecaterus and Silenus--two rustic demi-gods who were also described as fathers of the Dryades and Satyroi (Satyrs).