Oileus

Oīleus (trisyll.), eī, ī, or eos: patronymic, son of Oileus, the king of Locris, 1.41.

Ŏīleus (trisyl.), ĕi (ēī) and ĕŏs, m., = Ὀϊλευς.

• A king of Locris, father of the Ajax who violated Cassandra, and who was called, from his parentage, Ajax Oilei (to distinguish him from Ajax Telamonius), Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71: nec mihi Oilei proferatur Ajax, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 12: unius ab noxam et furias Ajacis Oilei, Verg. A. 1, 41; in the form Oileos, Ov. M. 12, 622: multos, inquit Antonius, possum tuos Ajaces Oileos nominare, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265.—Transf., Ajax: fulmine et ponto moriens Oileus, Sen. Med. 662.—
• • B Hence,
  • • 1 Oīlēus, a, um, adj., Oilean: Ajax, i. e. the son of Oileus, Hyg. Fab. 81; Dict. Cret. 1, 17.—
    • 2 Ŏīlĭădes, ae, m., = Ὀϊλιάδης, the son of Oileus, i. e. Ajax (al. Oilides), Sil. 14, 479.—
    • 3 Ŏīlīdes, ae, m.: victor Oilide, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 117 (dub.; Müll. Oiliade).—
• II One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.

Oīle͡us, eī u. eos, m. (Ὀϊλεύς), König in Lokris, Vater jenes Ajax, der die Kassandra schändete und zum Unterschiede von Ajax, Telamons Sohne, Aiax Oileos (sc. filius) oder auch selbst Aiax Oileus heißt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 71. Dares Phryg. 13. – der Sohn, Aiax Oilei (Ribbeck Oili) b. Verg. Aen. 1, 41 (wo Oīlei dreisilb.). Hyg. fab. 114. Dict. 1, 14; 3, 7; 4, 7; 5, 12: od. Oileos Aiax, Ov. met. 12, 622 (617): u. Aiax Oileus, Hyg. fab. 81. Dict. 1, 17. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 414; vgl. tui Aiaces Oileos, Anton. bei Cic. de or. 2, 265. – Dav.: A) Oīliadēs, ae, m. (Ὀϊλιάδης), der Oīliade (Sohn des Oīleus) = Ajax, Sil. 14, 479. – B) Oīlīdēs, ae, m. (Ὀϊλείδμς), der Oīlide (Sohn des Oīleus) = Ajax, Prop. 4, 1, 117.

Ŏīleūs, (15) ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Ὀϊλεύς), Oïlée [roi des Locriens, père dʼAjax] : Cic. Tusc. 3, 71 || Ajax : Sen. Med. 661.

Oīleus

(Ὀϊλεύς). The son of Hodoedocus and Laonomé, grandson of Cynus, and great-grandson of Opus, was a king of the Locrians, and married to Eriopis, by whom he became the father of Aiax, who is hence called Oïlides, Oïliades, and Aiax Oïlei. Oïleus was also the father of Medon by Rhené. He is mentioned among the Argonauts.

Oileus Oeleus Oileus, father of Ajax

• Paus. 10.31.2
• father of the Locrian Ajax: Apollod. 3.10.7, Apollod. E.3.11