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In Greek mythology Oileus (or Oïleus (Ὀϊλεύς)) was the king of Locris and an Argonaut. His father was given as Hodoedocus (whom Oileus succeeded as King of Locris) and his mother as Agrianome (daughter of Perseon) according to Hyginus’s Fabulae.In Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica Oileus gets wounded in the shoulder during the attack of the Stymphalian Birds on the Argo and receives aid from Eribotes.Oileus is best known as the father of Ajax the Lesser.