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	Halys may refer to: The Halys River Halys River The Kizilirmak is the longest river in Turkey. It is a source of hydroelectric power and it is not used for navigation.... (Western cultures and languages from the Greek) in Anatolia (Asia Minor), Turkish Kizilirmak ("Red River"). The Battle of Halys (also very recently sometimes called the Battle of the Eclipse) which is the first battle in antiquity that is 'datable' with any certainty and took place on May 28 585 BC, between the Medes and the Lydians along the Halys River and it's valley (present-day "Kizilirmak" river in Turkey. In the Aeneid Aeneid The *Aeneid* is a Latin Epic poetry written by Virgil in the late 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Rome.... , Halys is a Trojan who defends Aeneas' camp from a Rutulian attack. He was killed by Turnus. A taxonomic synonym for the genus Gloydius Gloydius *Gloydius* is a genus of venomous snake Crotalinae found in Asia. Named after Howard Gloyd, this group is very similar to the North American genus Agkistrodon.... , a.k.a. Asian moccasins, a group of venomous pitvipers found in Asia.