person
Laertes
Aged father of Ulysses, who withdrew to the countryside of Ithaca during his son's absence.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §1 Laertes
Aged father of Ulysses, too old to defend the kingdom, awaiting his son's return to close his eyes.
- Metamorphoses §8.205 Penelope's father-in-law
Laertes, father of Ulysses and so father-in-law of Penelope.
- Metamorphoses §12.383 Laertes
Father of Ulysses ('the sons of Laertes').
- Metamorphoses §13.391 Laertes is my father
Laertes, father of Ulysses, king of Ithaca.