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Another version of the story says that he was not Odysseus' real father, which was Sisyphus who had seduced Anticlea. After Odysseus and Telemachus routed the suitors that had been threatening his wife, Penelope , some of the suitors' surviving relatives confronted them. Athena infused vigor into Laértes, so he could help Odysseus by killing Eupeithes , father of Antinous . In Robert Fitzgerald 's Transliteration of The Odyssey , Odysseus refers to him as King Allwoes. Homer , '' Odyssey '' XXIV; Ovid , '' Metamorphoses '' VIII, 315. Laertes is also a character in William Shakespeare 's play, '' Hamlet ''. He spends much of his time in France and acts as a foil to Hamlet. Laertes also is a character in Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 's novel '' Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ''. Shakespeare's '' Hamlet '' is performed in the story and Laertes is cast to play the role of Laertes. |
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