Laertes
Laertes in Greek mythology, the father of Odysseus, who survives to see his son come home to Ithaca.
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Laertes is the name of Ophelia's brother, who avenges his sister's death by killing Hamlet in the duel in which he himself is also killed.
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Laertes is the name of Ophelia's brother, who avenges his sister's death by killing Hamlet in the duel in which he himself is also killed.
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Pronunciation
ag-uh-MEM-non
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hyginus's Fabulae
Lineage
Son of Atreus and Aerope,…
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