Laertes
the father of Odysseus.
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How to use Laertes in a sentence
The boy was afterwards sold to Laertes, the father of Ulysses, in whose service he put on immortality as the swineherd Eumæus.
Castellinaria | Henry Festing JonesIrus is moved by the fear of poverty, and Laertes by the shame of it.
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers | VariousThen the old Sicel woman took Laertes inside and washed him and anointed him with oil.
The Odyssey | HomerLaertes also and Dolius did the same—warriors by necessity in spite of their grey hair.
The Odyssey | HomerHe said that his family came from Ithaca and that his father was Laertes, son of Arceisius.
The Odyssey | Homer
British Dictionary definitions for Laertes
/ (leɪˈɜːtiːz) /
Greek myth the father of Odysseus
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