Laertes

//leɪˈɝ.tiz// name

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  1. 1
    the father of Odysseus Greek

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"Past Ithaca we creep, / Laertes' realms, and curse the land that bred / Ulysses, cause of all the woes we weep."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λαέρτης (Laértēs).

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