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

  1. ↑ Dictys Cretensis. Trojan War Chronicle, 1.9
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Megalai Ehoiai fr. 258, cited in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.2.2

Reference

Regnal titles
Preceded by
Cynortas		 King of Sparta Succeeded by
Tyndareus
(first reign)
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