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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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As if she had never learned the truth, she returns to her wifely love for Arcesius.

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

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.

From The Adventures of Ulysses by Lamb, Charles

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.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary

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

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Arcesius and Pytheos said so, as well as Hermogenes.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio