[2] He was the second husband of Princess Gorgophone and thus son-in-law of the hero Perseus.
With her or by the Naiad Bateia,[3] Oibalos fathered Tyndareus,[4][5][6] Icarius and Hippocoon, as well as a daughter, Arene, who married her half-brother Aphareus.
[7][8] The nymph Pirene[9] and Hyacinth[10][11] were also called the daughter and son of Oebalius respectively.
[13] Oebalus was often confused with Gorgophone's first husband, Perieres, son of Aeolus.
They were separate people, usually unrelated though Oebalus was sometimes said to be Perieres’ son.