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Ancient Greek: Οἰκλῆς), also Oicleus or Oecleus (/ˈɛkljuːs/; Οἰκλεύς), was the father of the seer Amphiaraus. He accompanied Heracles on his campaign against Troy.[1]
Family
According to Homer's Odyssey, Oicles was the son of Antiphates, who was the son of Melampus.[2] Diodorus Siculus adds that Oicles' mother was Zeuxippe, the daughter Hippocoon.[3] According to the Catalogue of Women, Oicles wed "Godly" Hypermnestra and together they had Amphiaraus "leader of the people", the "lovely" Iphianeira, and Endeos "lord of men",[4] while according to Diodorus, the children were Amphiaraus, Iphianeira, and Polyboea.[5]
Mythology
Oicles accompanied
Laomedon the king of Troy, who was attempting to burn the invaders ships. Oicles was killed by Laomedon, but his men were able to save the ships by taking them out to sea.[6] The tragedian Sophocles, possibly wrote a play titled Oicles, which dealt with this story.[7]
By some accounts, Oicles lived for a time in
Arcadia.[9]
Notes
- ^ Hard, pp. p. 276, p. 327, p. 333, p. 413, p. 429, p. 706; Gantz, pp. 188, 318, 443; Grimal, s.v. Oecles; Tripp, s.v. Oicles; Parada, s.v. Oicles; Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. OECLES.
- ^ Hard, p. 333, p. 429, p. 706; Gantz, p. 118; Parada, s.v. Oicles; Homer, Odyssey 15.225–247. According to the geographer Pausanias, 6.17.6, Oicles was the son of Mantius the son of Melampus. According to Odyssey 242, Mantius was the younger brother of Antiphates.
- ^ Parada, s.v. Oicles; Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5.
- Fabulae 73, which add that Hypermnestra was the daughter of Thestius (or Thespius?). For Hypermnestra as the daughter of Thestius see Hard, p. 413; Apollodorus, 1.7.10.
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- ^ Hard, p. 276; Gantz, p. 443; Diodorus Siculus, 4.32.3 (which calls this Oicles the son of Amphiaraus); Apollodorus, 2.6.4.
- ^ Gantz, p. 442; Frazer's note 2 to Apollodorus, 2.6.4.
- ^ Hard, p. 327; Apollodorus, 3.7.5. This visit of Alcmaeon is chronologically incompatible with Oicles having been killed by Laomedon during Heracles expedition to Troy, see Grimal, s.v. Oecles.
- ^ Frazer's note 2 to Apollodorus, 2.6.4; Pausanias, 8.36.6: "Next is the tomb of Oicles, the father of Amphiaraus, if indeed he met his end in Arcadia, and not after he had joined Heracles in his campaign against Laomedon".
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Bacchylides, Odes, translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1991. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Diodorus Siculus, Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History. Translated by C. H. Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Online version by Bill Thayer.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3(Vol. 2).
- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN 9780415186360. Google Books.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
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- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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- Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). ISBN 069022608X.