Laertes

[ ley-ur-teez, -air- ]

/ leɪˈɜr tiz, -ˈɛər- /

the father of Odysseus.

Example sentences from the Web for laertes

Laertes' strength failed him when he heard the convincing proofs which his son had given him.

The Odyssey |Homer
All this would Owen do, and more; he would do more than any Laertes had ever dreamed.

Castle Richmond |Anthony Trollope
The woman died at sea, and the pirates sold the boy to Laertes, the father of Ulysses, who treated him kindly.

Tales of Troy and Greece |Andrew Lang
Melina by no means pleased the lively Laertes, when introduced to him, any more than his wife did Philina.

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) |Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Now before anyone in the City knew that he had returned, Odysseus went forth to the farm that Laertes, his old father, stayed at.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy |Padriac Colum

Laertes

/ (leɪˈɜːtiːz) /

Greek myth the father of Odysseus