Editing Oicles (section)

==Family==
According to [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', Oicles was the son of [[Antiphates]], who was the son of [[Melampus]].<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA333 p. 333], [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA429 p. 429], [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA706 p. 706]; Gantz, p. 118; Parada, s.v. Oicles; [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:15.222-15.264 15.225&ndash;247]. According to the geographer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:6.17.6 6.17.6], Oicles was the son of [[Mantius]] the son of Melampus. According to ''Odyssey'' 242, Mantius was the younger brother of Antiphates.</ref> [[Diodorus Siculus]] adds that Oicles' mother was [[Zeuxippe]], the daughter [[Hippocoon]].<ref>Parada, s.v. Oicles; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.5 4.68.5]</ref> According to the ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'', Oicles wed "Godly" [[Hypermnestra (mythology)|Hypermnestra]] and together they had Amphiaraus "leader of the people", the "lovely" [[Iphianeira]], and [[Endeos]] "lord of men",<ref>Gantz, p. 318; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA413 p. 413]; Hesiod [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.81.xml fr. 22.34–40 Most] [= Hesiod fr. 25.34–40 MW]. Compare with Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.5 4.68.5] and [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#73 73], which add that Hypermnestra was the daughter of [[Thestius]] (or [[Thespius]]?). For Hypermnestra as the daughter of Thestius see Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA413 p. 413]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Hypermnestra 1.7.10]</ref> while according to Diodorus, the children were Amphiaraus, Iphianeira, and [[Polyboea]].<ref>Gantz, p. 318; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.5 4.68.5]. For Oicles as the father of Amphiaraus, see also Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:15.222-15.264 15.244]; [[Bacchylides]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9 9.15]; [[Pindar]], ''Nemean Ode'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-nemean_odes/1997/pb_LCL485.101.xml 9.17], ''Olympian Ode'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-olympian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.105.xml 6.13], ''Pythian Ode'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-pythian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.343.xml 8.39]; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#32.3 4.32.3]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#70 70] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#73 73]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.8.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oicles 1.8.2]; Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:8.36.6 8.36.6]</ref>