# Laertes — Philoctetes character guide

> Laertes in Philoctetes by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Laertes

**First appearance:** 0002-philoctetes

## Who they are

Father of Odysseus, mentioned as part of Neoptolemus' patronymic.

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