Editing Oicles (section)

==Mythology==
Oicles accompanied [[Heracles]] in his campaign against [[Troy]]. Upon arriving at the [[Troad]], Oicles was put in charge of guarding the expedition's ships, while Heracles left with the main force to attack the city. Oicles' company was attacked  by [[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.<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA276 p. 276]; Gantz, p. 443; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#32.3 4.32.3] (which calls this Oicles the son of Amphiaraus); Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.6.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oicles 2.6.4]</ref> The tragedian [[Sophocles]], possibly wrote a play titled ''Oicles'', which dealt with this story.<ref>Gantz, p. 442; Frazer's note 2 to Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.6.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oicles 2.6.4]</ref>

By some accounts, Oicles lived for a time in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]. According to the mythographer [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], after the capture of Thebes by the [[Epigoni]], Oicles was visited there by his grandson [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]], the son of Ampiaraus.<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA327 p. 327]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.7.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oicles 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.</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] reports seeing what was said to be the tomb of Oicles near [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]] in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]].<ref>Frazer's note 2 to Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.6.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oicles 2.6.4]; Pausanias, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:8.36.6 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".</ref>