In Greek mythology, Arcesius, or Arkêsios, also spelled Arceisius, was the son of Cephalus, and king in Ithaca. He was father of Laertes, and thus grandfather of Odysseus. Arcesius' wife, and thus mother of Laertes, was Chalcomedusa, whose origins are not mentioned further, but whose very name, chalcos, "copper" + medousa "guardian, protectress", identifies her as the protector of Bronze Age metal-working technology. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... Cephalus and Aurora, by Nicolas Poussin (c. ... Localization of Ithaca The big island in the center is Kefalonia. ... In Greek mythology, Laërtes (Greek: Λαέρτης) was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. ... Head of Odysseus from a Greek 2nd century BC marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga Odysseus or Ulysses (Greek Odysseys; Latin: Ulixes or, less commonly, Ulysses), pronounced /oʊˈdɪs. ... A relatively modern image of Medusa painted by Arnold Böcklin In Greek mythology, Medusa (Μεδουσα Queen), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...

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• Odyssey XIV, 182.