Lacritus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Lacritus (Like many classical Greek names, it is a compound word formed from two distinct linguistic roots — Λά- (La-), a shortened prefix derived from laos (λαός), meaning "the people," "the crowd," or "the populace" and -κριτος (-kritos), derived from the verb krinō (κρίνω), meaning "chosen," "selected," "separated," or "judged".) was the Boeotian father of the Argonaut Leitus and Clonius by Cleobule.Hyginus, Fabulae 97 Otherwise, Leitus was called the son of AlectorDiodorus Siculus, 4.67.7 and Polybule or simply he was an earth-born, thus a son of Gaea.Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259 Meanwhile, in some accounts, Clonius' parents was/were (1) Alegenor, or of (2) Alector and Acteis instead.

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