[3] Diodorus Siculus adds that Oicles' mother was Zeuxippe, the daughter Hippocoon.
Upon arriving at the Troad, Oicles was put in charge of guarding the expedition's ships, while Heracles left with the main force to attack the city.
Oicles' company was attacked by Laomedon the king of Troy, who was attempting to burn the invaders ships.
[7] The tragedian Sophocles, possibly wrote a play titled Oicles, which dealt with this story.
According to the mythographer Apollodorus, after the capture of Thebes by the Epigoni, Oicles was visited there by his grandson Alcmaeon, the son of Ampiaraus.