Laertes
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λαέρτης, -ου, ὁ, also in V. Λαέρτιος, ὁ (Sophocles, Phil. 87; Aj. 101; Euripides, Rhes. 669), Λάρτιος, ὁ (Sophocles, Aj. 1; Euripides, Tro. 421; Ar., Pl. 312).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lāërtes: ae (nom. Laërta, Sen. Troad. 699;
I gen. Laërtis, acc. to Prisc. p. 705 P.), m., = Λαέρτης, the father of Ulysses, Att. ap. Non. 314, 20 (Trag. Rel. v. 131 Rib.); Cic. de Sen. 15, 54; Ov. H. 1, 113.—
II Hence,
A Lāërtĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Laertes, Laertian: regna, i. e. Ithaca, Verg. A. 3, 272: heros, i. e. Ulysses, Ov. M. 13, 124; id. Tr. 5, 5, 3: proles, Verg. Cul. 326.—
B Lāërtĭădes, ae, m., = Λαερτιάδης, a male descendant of Laertes: his son Ulysses, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. c. 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 524 Rib.); Hor. C. 1, 15, 21; id. S. 2, 5, 59; Ov. M. 13, 48.
Wikipedia EN
In Greek mythology, Laertes (/leɪˈɜːrtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Λαέρτης 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, which he presumably inherited from his father Arcesius and grandfather Cephalus. His realm included Ithaca and surrounding islands, and perhaps even the neighboring part of the mainland of other Greek city-states. Laertes was also an Argonaut, and a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
