Capture of Oechalia
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Capture of Oechalia
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The Capture 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, in gratitude for guest-friendship (xenia), and that Creophylus wrote it down. Oechalia was an ancient Greek city whose capture by Heracles was said to be the main subject of the epic. It is debated, based on a scholium from a line in Euripides' Medea whether Medea's poisoning of Creon may have been
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Greek epic attributed to either Homer or Creophylus of Samos
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Oechalia
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2023-10-06T00:48:43Z
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