Listed 8 sub titles with search on: Homeric world for wider area of: "TRIFYLIA Ancient area MESSINIA" .
ICHALIA (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Homer's references about Oechalia: Il. 2.596, 730, Od. 8.224, 21.13-33.
PTELEOS (Ancient city) TRIFYLIA
A city, that is listed in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Il. 2.594).
ICHALIA (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Son of Eurytus of Oechalia and brother of Iole, who was slain by Heracles, while searching for his lost horses, which were hidden by the son of Zeus. During this search, he had met Odysseus in Messenia in the house of Ortilochus, to whom he gave his bow as a friendship gift and Odysseus gave him his sword and spear (Od. 21.14 etc.).
King of the Thessalian or Messenian Oechalia (Il. 2.596, 2.730), father of Iphitus and skilled archer, who was slain by Apollo, because he had challenged him to an archery contest (Od. 8.224 etc.).
Antiope. A daughter of Pylon or Pylaon, was married to Eurytus, by whom she became the mother of the Argonauts Iphitus and Clytius. She is also called Antioche. (Apollon. Rhod. i. 86; Hygin. Fab. 14)
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