Aletes (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Aletes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλήτης) may refer to the following characters:

Aletes, son of Aegisthus who was killed by Orestes.Hyginus, Fabulae 122 Aletes, a Trojan counselor depicted in the Aeneid.Virgil, Aeneid 9.246-256 Aletes, son of Hippotes, one of the Heracleidae.Pausanias, 2.4.3 Aletes, the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea. He was the brother of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Imeusimus, DamasippusApollodorus, 3.10.6 and probably Iphthime. Aletes was also called Auletes (Aύλητήζ) who together with Semus (Imeusimus) were the only named brothers of Penelope mentioned by some sources.Eustathius ad Homer, Odyssey 15.21; Scholia ad, the Odyssey 15.16

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