Oechalia

There exist also cyclic poems in regard to the labors of Heracles, among others one called Oechalia, which has proved a priceless mine for poets, dramatists, painters, and sculptors. [

The Book of the Epic 1894

To him Clytius and Iphitus joined themselves, the warders of Oechalia, sons of Eurytus the ruthless, Eurytus, to whom the Far-shooting god gave his bow; but he had no joy of the gift; for of his own choice he strove even with the giver.

The Argonautica 2008

There was that maiden in Oechalia, a girl unwed, that knew no wooer yet nor married joys; her did the Queen of Love snatch from her home across the sea and gave unto Alcmena's son, mid blood and smoke and murderous marriage-hymns, to be to him a frantic fiend of hell; woe! woe for his wooing!

Hippolytus 2008

There was that maiden in Oechalia, a girl unwed, that knew no wooer yet nor married joys; her did the Queen of Love snatch from her home across the sea and gave unto Alcmena's son, mid blood and smoke and murderous marriage-hymns, to be to him a frantic fiend of hell; woe! woe for his wooing!

Hippolytus 2008

To thee he promised to give Oechalia, which once his archery had wasted.

Heracles 2008

To thee he promised to give Oechalia, which once his archery had wasted.

Heracles 2008

This verse (“Odyssey” xiv. 343) we shall also find in the “Taking of Oechalia”.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

Lastly, the taking of Oechalia by Heracles, and the events which followed it, had been narrated in a long poem, in which one version of that hero's multiform legend was fully set forth.

The Seven Plays in English Verse 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles

Heracles was returning from his last exploit of sacking Oechalia, in

The Seven Plays in English Verse 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles

= Hercules attacked and captured Oechalia in order to carry off Iole, the king's daughter.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid