In Greek mythology, Arcesius, or Arkêsios, was the King of Ithaca and father of Laertes. His wife, and thus mother of Laertes was Chalcomedusa, whose origins are not mentioned further. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... For other places named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, Laërtês was the son of Arcesius and father of Odysseus with Anticlea. ...
Odyssey XIV, 182. The Odyssey (Greek Ὀδυσσεία) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ...
Arcesius does not disillusion her for he is afraid that she would not love him if she knew of his ugliness.
Aurelius reciprocates her kisses and embraces but Arcesius, from a hiding place, has witnessed the misunderstanding and he kills Aurelius in a fit of mad jealousy.
Myrtocle is horrified when she learns from her maid that it is not the dead man who is her husband but the misshapen murderer, who had seemed to her like a wild animal.
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