Definition of Laertes

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Definition of Laertes

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Laertes

Lady Day
Lady Diana Frances Spencer
Lady Emma Hamilton
Lady Godiva
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Justice
Lady Liberty
Lady Luck
Lady McLeod
Lady Muck
Lady Peel
Ladyship
Laelaps echidninus
Laennec's cirrhosis
Laennec's pearls
Laertes (current term)
Laestrygonian
Laestrygonians
Laetare Sunday
Laetare Sundays
Laetitia
Lafayette
Lafe
Laffer
Laffer curve
Laffite
Lafitte
Lafora's disease
Lafora body
Lafora body disease

Literary usage of Laertes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"BOOK XXIV. ARGUMENT. THE GHOSTS OF THE WOOERS ARE BROUGHT BY HERMES TO THE HOUSE Of HADES. ODYSSEUS MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS FATHER Laertes. ..."

2. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1892)
"Laertes. Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric; ... 300 Laertes. It is here, Hamlet: Hamlet, thou art slain; No medicine in the world can do thee ..."

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