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Oechalia (ancient Greek: Οἰχαλία) may refer to: ;places *
Oechalia (Aetolia) Oechalia or Oichalia () was a town in ancient Aetolia According to Greek mythology, King Eurytus of Oechalia had promised the hand of his beautiful daughter Iole to whoever defeated him in an archery competition. Heracles beat him but Eurytus refu ...
, a town of ancient Aetolia, Greece * Oechalia (Arcadia), a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece * Oechalia (Euboea), a town of ancient Euboea, Greece *
Oechalia (Messenia) Oechalia or Oichalia () was a town in ancient Messenia, in the plain of Stenyclerus. It was in ruins in the time of Epaminondas, and its position was a matter of dispute in later times. Strabo identified it with Andania, the ancient residence of ...
, a town of ancient Messenia, Greece *
Oechalia (Thessaly) Oechalia or Oichalia () was a town in ancient Thessaly, on the Peneius, between Pelinna to the east and Tricca to the west, not far from Ithome. Oechalia is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the ''Iliad'', where it was part of the ...
, a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece * Oechalia (Trachis), a town of Trachis, ancient Thessaly, Greece * Oichalia (disambiguation), one of several modern places in Greece ;other *
Capture of Oechalia ''The Capture of Oechalia'' (traditionally ''The Sack of Oechalia'', ) is a fragmentary Greek epic that was variously attributed in Antiquity to either Homer or Creophylus of Samos; a tradition was reported that Homer gave the tale to Creophylus ...
, an epic poem relating to an unknown Oechalia among the ancient towns above * ''Oechalia'' (insect), a genus of stink bugs in the subfamily
Asopinae Asopinae are a subfamily of Pentatomidae, stink bugs (family (biology), family Pentatomidae). They are predatory stink bugs that are useful as biological control agents against pests, even against other Pentatomid species, which are all herbivo ...
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