œcles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.

"The gods in those days were sometimes mortals who are still worshipped, Aristæus, and Britomartis of Crete, and Hercules, the son of Alcmena, and Amphiarus, the son of Œcles, and beside them Castor and Pollux."

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰκλῆς (Oiklês).

Oecles (alternative) Oikles (alternative)

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