Swillus and his family members Filius and and Billius were jealous of Atalanta's superior skills as a blacksmith. Hercules and Atalanta defeated them in a large fight. After Swillus refused to believe there was a double of Hercules in town, the Hercules Statue killed him. Filius and Billius then lead their townspeople in a mob against Atalanta's Hercules Statue.