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In Greek mythology, Oebalus, also spelled Oibalus or Oibalius, (; ) was a king of Sparta.

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In Greek mythology, Oebalus, also spelled Oibalus or Oibalius, (; ) was a king of Sparta.

== Family == Oibalus was the son of either Cynortas or Argalus. He was the second husband of Princess Gorgophone and thus son-in-law of the hero Perseus. With her or by the Naiad Bateia, Oibalos fathered Tyndareus, Icarius and Hippocoon, as well as a daughter, Arene, who married her half-brother Aphareus. The nymph Pirene and Hyacinth were also called the daughter and son of Oebalius respectively. His grandchildren, the Dioscuri, were usually referred as Oibalids or Oebalidae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oebalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.