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In the Samuel Butler translation, Laertes expresses his regret at NOT helping Odysseus kill the suitors:

Laertes answered, "Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. If I were still what I then was and had been in our house yesterday with my armour on, I should have been able to stand by you and help you against the suitors. I should have killed a great many of them, and you would have rejoiced to see it." [1]

So, my question is: did he or did he not participate in Odysseus's battle with the suitors? --Ed Poor

Possibly he didn't in Homer, but did in Ovid or someone else. That's my best guess, I'll try and find some more information about it. TokerBoy

According to Homer he doesn't kill the suitors butis involved in the battle with the suitors angry relatives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furius (talk • contribs) 11:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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Perhaps this entry should have a second part, mentioning that an unrelated Laertes is a character in Hamlet. --Tahnan, passing through

[edit] Transliteration

"In Robert Fitzgerald's transliteration of the Odyssey" Why would anybody want a transliterated Greek text? Anybody who can read Greek must certainly be familiar with the Greek alphabet. Reading a Greek text rendered in Roman letters makes no sense. D021317c 10:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. According to Fitzgerald's page, he made translations of the classics, not transliterations, and I have changed it accordingly. Jeremy.Sanders 17:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)