Editing Oileus

{{Short description|Mythical father of Ajax the Lesser}}
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In [[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]], and an [[Argonauts|Argonaut]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.71 1.74]; ''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/549#192 193]; [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html 1.372]</ref>

== Family ==
Oileus's father was given as [[Hodoedocus]] (whom Oileus succeeded as King of Locris)<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.640</ref> and his mother as [[Agrianome]] (daughter of [[Perseon]]), according to [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]'s ''Fabulae''.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref> Oileus is best known as the father of [[Ajax the Lesser]].<ref>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]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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 (geographer)|Pausanias]], [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]</ref> There is disagreement as to the name of Ajax's mother: Homer names [[Eriopis]] as the legal wife of Oileus,<ref>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]</ref> but [[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]], and yet others asserted that Alcimache was simply another name for Eriopis.<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.333 & 336</ref> [[John Tzetzes]] listed three alternate options: Eriopis,<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[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}}</ref> Alcimache, or [[Astyoche]] the daughter of [[Itylus]]. Oileus was also the father of [[Medon (mythology)|Medon]], who is usually regarded as illegitimate; Medon's mother was said to be a [[nymph]] named [[Rhene (mythology)|Rhene]],<ref>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]</ref> though some gave Alcimache as his mother.<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 13.694</ref> According to Hyginus, Rhene was the mother of Ajax as well.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref>

== Mythology ==
In [[Apollonius Rhodius]]' ''Argonautica'', Oileus gets wounded in the shoulder during the attack of the [[Stymphalian Birds]] on the ''[[Argo]]'' and receives aid from [[Eribotes]].<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#2.1030 2.1030 ff.]</ref>

'''Oileus''' was also the name of a defender of [[Troy]], the charioteer of [[Bienor (mythology)|Bienor]], killed by [[Agamemnon]].<ref>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]</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''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].
* [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''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]], [[Iliad|''The 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].
* [[Argonautica Orphica|''The Orphic Argonautica'']], translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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, 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].
* [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''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}}

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