# Oileus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oileus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oileus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oileus > Source revision: 1288856783 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mythical father of Ajax the Lesser}} {{For|the taxonomic synonym of a genus of plants|Narcissus (plant)}} In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Oileus''' or '''Oïleus''' ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˈ|aɪ|l|iː|ə|s|,_|-|j|uː|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ὀϊλεύς}} ''Oī̈leús'') was the king of [Locris](/source/Locris), and an [Argonaut](/source/Argonauts).[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_Rhodius), [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.71 1.74]; ''[Argonautica Orphica](/source/Argonautica_Orphica)'' [https://topostext.org/work/549#192 193]; [Valerius Flaccus](/source/Gaius_Valerius_Flaccus), [https://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html 1.372] == Family == Oileus's father was given as [Hodoedocus](/source/Hodoedocus) (whom Oileus succeeded as King of Locris)[Scholia](/source/Scholia) ad [Homer](/source/Homer), ''[Iliad](/source/Iliad)'' 2.640 and his mother as [Agrianome](/source/Agrianome) (daughter of [Perseon](/source/Perseon)), according to [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus)'s ''Fabulae''.[Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14] Oileus is best known as the father of [Ajax the Lesser](/source/Ajax_the_Lesser).Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.527&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=leus 2.527]; [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.10.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 3.10.8]; [Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.19.12&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 3.19.12]–[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.19.13&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 13], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.26.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 10.26.3] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.31.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 10.31.2]–[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.31.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oileus 3] There is disagreement as to the name of Ajax's mother: Homer names [Eriopis](/source/Eriopis) as the legal wife of Oileus,Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+13.697&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=leus 13.697] but [scholia](/source/scholia)sts cite other authors, some of whom agreed with Homer in considering Eriopis (or Eriope) the mother of Ajax, but others stated that the mother of Ajax by Oileus was [Alcimache](/source/Alcimache), and yet others asserted that Alcimache was simply another name for Eriopis.Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.333 & 336 [John Tzetzes](/source/John_Tzetzes) listed three alternate options: Eriopis,{{Cite book|last=[Tzetzes](/source/Tzetzes)|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 43–44|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}} Alcimache, or [Astyoche](/source/Astyoche) the daughter of [Itylus](/source/Itylus). Oileus was also the father of [Medon](/source/Medon_(mythology)), who is usually regarded as illegitimate; Medon's mother was said to be a [nymph](/source/nymph) named [Rhene](/source/Rhene_(mythology)),Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.727&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=leus 2.727] though some gave Alcimache as his mother.Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 13.694 According to Hyginus, Rhene was the mother of Ajax as well.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] == Mythology == In [Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_Rhodius)' ''Argonautica'', Oileus gets wounded in the shoulder during the attack of the [Stymphalian Birds](/source/Stymphalian_Birds) on the ''[Argo](/source/Argo)'' and receives aid from [Eribotes](/source/Eribotes).Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#2.1030 2.1030 ff.] '''Oileus''' was also the name of a defender of [Troy](/source/Troy), the charioteer of [Bienor](/source/Bienor_(mythology)), killed by [Agamemnon](/source/Agamemnon).Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+11.92&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=leus 11.92] ==Notes== {{Reflist}} == References == * [Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * [Gaius Valerius Flaccus](/source/Valerius_Flaccus_(poet)), ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theoi.com.] * Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.] * [Homer](/source/Homer), [''The Iliad''](/source/Iliad) with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * [''The Orphic Argonautica''](/source/Argonautica_Orphica), translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * [Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * [Tzetzes, John](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}} {{Greek myth index}} Category:Argonauts Category:Kings in Greek mythology Category:Characters in the Argonautica Category:Mythological Locrians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Oileus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oileus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oileus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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