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Receiver of the advice "To thine own self be true"
Answer for the clue "Receiver of the advice "To thine own self be true" ", 7 letters:
laertes
Alternative clues for the word laertes
- Hamlet's fencing opponent
- (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
- Hamlet's adversary
- Classical father leers at bum
- Speaker of the line "Hamlet, thou art slain"
- Addressee of the advice "To thine own self be true"
- "I am justly kill'd with mine own treachery" speaker
- "To thine own self be true" addressee
Word definitions for laertes in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Greek mythology , Laërtes (; , Laértēs ) was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was the father of Odysseus (who was thus called Laertiádēs , Λαερτιάδης, "son of Laertes") and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea , daughter of the thief Autolycus . Laërtes ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
king of Ithaca, father of Odysseus, Greek, literally "gatherer of the people," from laos "people" (see lay (adj.)) + eirein "to fasten together" (see series (n.)).
Usage examples of laertes.
No stories belong to Ithaca, except only that it is the birthplace of Odysseus, son of Laertes.
Neererhe drew, and many a walk travers'd Of stateliest Covert, Cedar, Pine, or Palme, Then voluble and bold, now hid, now seen Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours Imborderd on each Bank, the hand of EVE: Spot more delicious then those Gardens feign'd Or of reviv'd ADONIS, or renownd ALCINOUS, host of old LAERTES Son, Or that, not Mystic, where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire EGYPTIAN Spouse.
I am Heimach Schin, appointed Gamemaster by the Supreme Coun cil of Laertes in charge of extra-Laertian decisions.
As they reached the gangplank, a crane swung nearby with a slingful of goods and furniture bound for Laertes.