Oebalus
Classical
King of Sparta. Oebalus was the son of Cynorta and the grandson of Amyclas. Oebalus married the widow Gorgophone, the daughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Gorgophone’s first husband was the Aeoloid Perieres, king of Messenia.
From Gorgophone, Oebalus was the father of Tyndareüs, Icarius (father of Penelope) and Arene (wife of Aphareus of Messenia). Oebalus had another son named Hippocoön, from the naiad Bateia. Some said that Tyndareüs and Icarius were also Bateia’s sons, not Gorgophone’s.
His eldest son Tyndareüs succeeded him after his death.
