title: Oestrobles
text: # Oestrobles
  
  In Greek mythology, Oestrobles (Ancient Greek: Οἰστρόβλης) was the Thespian son of Heracles and Hesychia, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae.
  
  ## Mythology
  
  Oestrobles and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, for a week or in the course of 50 days while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a colony.
  
  