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Œcles

Œcles proper noun: son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.

Proper noun

Œcles

  1. (Greek) Son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.
    • The gods in those days were sometimes mortals who are still worshipped, Aristæus, and Britomartis of Crete, and Hercules, the son of Alcmena, and Amphiarus, the son of Œcles, and beside them Castor and Pollux.1917, Pausanias, quoted by Donald Mackenzie in Myths of Crete and Pre‐Hellenic Europe, re‐published by Forgotten Books, page 298

Forms of Œcles

alternative formOecles
alternative formOikles

Origin of Œcles

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰκλῆς (Oiklês).

Questions about Œcles

What does Œcles mean?
Œcles means son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.
What part of speech is Œcles?
Œcles is a proper noun.

Words near Œcles in the dictionary

  1. ōzeki
  2. ōzekis
  3. ŏ
  4. œ
  5. Œchalia
  6. Œcles
  7. œcologic
  8. œcological
  9. œcologically
  10. œcologies
  11. œcologist

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