Aletes (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Aletes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλήτης) may refer to the following characters:
- Aletes, son of Aegisthus who was killed by Orestes.[1]
- Aletes, a Trojan counselor depicted in the Aeneid.[2]
- Aletes, son of Hippotes, one of the Heracleidae.[3]
- Aletes, the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea. He was the brother of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Imeusimus, Damasippus[4] 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.[5]
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