Laertes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Greek mythology, La rtes was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (who was thus called Laertiades) and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daughter of the thief Autolycus. La rtes was an Argonaut and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. La rtes's title was King of the Cephallenians, which he presumably inherited from...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Greek mythology, La rtes was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (who was thus called Laertiades) and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daughter of the thief Autolycus. La rtes was an Argonaut and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. La rtes's title was King of the Cephallenians, 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 La rtes 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. Odysseus finally comes to see Laertes after he has killed all the suitors competing for Penelope. He finds his father spading a plant, looking old and tired and filled with sadness.