Arcesius

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[ahr-ses-ee-uhs] / ɑrˈsɛs i əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.

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Example Sentences

By one of these was seen represented the image, such as it is believed to have been, of the young Epaphus, the son of Io and Jove, and by the second that of the lovely Helen, who was born from Leda at one birth with Castor and Pollux; even as by the last was represented that of the grandfather of the sage Ulysses, called Arcesius.

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Laërtes; his Arcesius; and from Jove “Arcesius came direct: nor in this line, “E'er any exil'd or condemn'd appear'd.

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Corinthian order, 15; origin of, 102 f.; proportions of, 106 f.; treatise on, by Arcesius, 198.

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Arcesius and Pytheos said so, as well as Hermogenes.

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To Arcesius, Laertes only was born, from Laertes descended only Ulysses, from Ulysses I alone have sprung, whom he left so young that from me never comfort arose to him.

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