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noun - (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
The father of Odysseus.
LAERTES - In Greek mythology, Laertes (; Greek: , Laérts), also spelled Laërtes, was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (wh...
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| Polonius tells this character, "This above all: to thine own self be true" |
| This king of Ithaca, Odysseus' father, has the same name as Ophelia's brother in "Hamlet" |
| Polonius' kid, he gets the poisoned point |
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In Greek mythology, Laertes (; Greek: , Laérts), also spelled Laërtes, was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (who was thus called Laertiáds, , "son of Laertes") and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daughter of the thief Autolycus. Laertes was an Argonaut and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. Laertes' title was King of the Cephallenians, an ethnic group who lived both on the Ionian islands and on the mainland. which he presumably inherited from his father Arcesius and grandfather Cephalus. His realm included Ithaca and surrounding islands, and perhaps even the neighboring part of the mainland of other Greek city-states. * Another account says that Laertes was not Odysseus's true father; rather, it was Sisyphus, who had seduced Anticlea.Laertes stays away from Odysseus' home while Odysseus is gone. He keeps to himself on his farm, overcome with grief over Odysseus' absence and alone after his wife, Anticleia, died from grief herself. Odys |