 Elymus was further believed to have founded Asca and Entella in Sicily.In the "Aeneid", Vergil has Elymnus competing in the funeral games held on Sicily for Anchises, in the footrace in which Nisus and Euryalus are introduced.As "Helymus", he is also listed among the competitors by Hyginus, who says he finished second to Euryalus and was awarded an Amazonian quiver.