He declared that by lineage he came from Ithaca, and said that his own father was Laertes, son of Arceisius.
εὔχετο δ' ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος ἔμμεναι , αὐτὰρ ἔφασκε Λαέρτην Ἀρκεισιάδην πατέρ' ἔμμεναι αὐτῷ .
εὔχομαι δέ ἐκ Ἰθάκη γένος εἰμί , ἀτάρ φάσκω Λαέρτης Ἀρκεισιάδης πατήρ εἰμί αὐτός .