Laerceus
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Iliad
Father of Alkimedon, mentioned only in genealogy.
The old horseman Phoenix was leader of the fourth company, and Alkimedon, noble son of Laerceus of the fifth.
Odyssey
Goldsmith summoned by Nestor to gild the horns of the heifer sacrificed to Athena.
Some one else will run and fetch Laerceus the goldsmith to gild the horns of the heifer.
Nestor gave out the gold, and the smith gilded the horns of the heifer that the goddess might have pleasure in their beauty.