Oebalus
In Greek mythology, King Oebalus, also spelled Oibalus or Oibalius, (/ˈɛbələs/; Ancient Greek: Οἴβαλος, Oἴvalos) of Sparta, was the son of either Cynortas or Argalus.[1] He was the second husband of Princess Gorgophone and thus son-in-law of the hero Perseus. With her, Oibalos fathered Tyndareus, Icarius and Hippocoon (or, according to Apollodorus, he fathered them with the Naiad Bateia), as well as a daughter, Arene, who married her half-brother Aphareus.[2] The nymph Pirene was also called the daughter of Oebalius.[3]
Oebalus was often confused with Gorgophone’s first husband, Perieres, son of Aeolus. They were separate people, usually unrelated though Oebalus was sometimes said to be Perieres’ son.
Notes
- ^ Dictys Cretensis. Trojan War Chronicle, 1.9
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1921. Apollodorus, The Library (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)
- ^ Megalai Ehoiai fr. 258, cited in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.2.2
