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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Legendary Greek king of Ithaca For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). See also: Ulysses Fictional character Odysseus Head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, Italy In ...
As Odysseus drew Achilles out of his disguise and took him to Troy, Neoptolemus stayed with his grandfather until he too was summoned during the later stages of the war. [ 2 ] A Roman mosaic from the Poseidon Villa in Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum ) depicting Achilles on Skyros disguised as a woman and Odysseus tricking him ...
Odysseus meets his father Laertes on his return to Ithaca (Theodoor van Thulden, 1600). In Greek mythology, Laertes (/ l eɪ ˈ ɜːr t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Λαέρτης, romanized: Laértēs Greek pronunciation: [laː.ér.tɛːs]; also spelled Laërtes) was the king of the Cephallenians, an ethnic group who lived both on the Ionian Islands and on the mainland. [1]
Ctimene was raised by her parents alongside the servant Eumaeus who was treated almost as her equal. She was married off to Eurylochus of Same for a massive bride price. [3] [4] Her husband accompanied Odysseus on his journey from Troy but, like all of Odysseus's men, died before reaching home.
Laertes (father of Odysseus), Ionian king and the father of Odysseus in Greek mythology; Laertes , son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet; Laertes (Cilicia), an ancient town archeological site in Asiatic Turkey; Laertes prepona, a butterfly in Central and South America; 11252 Laërtes, a trojan asteroid
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When Odysseus reaches the city in the Odyssey, he sends three scouts to explore the island. They come across the king, a giant cannibal, who then eats one of the men, causing the other scouts to run away. Most of Odysseus' men are killed in the incident, but his boat is moored outside the Laestrygonians' harbour.
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