Aletes

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[uh-lee-teez] / əˈli tiz /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.

2. a descendant of Hercules who conquered Corinth.

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This has been overlooked by Eusehius, since he makes Aletes contemporary with Eurysthenes.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

In the meantime Aletes, the son of Aegisthus, seized the throne of Mycenae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

"O Gods!" exclaimed Aletes, wise and old, "Not yet ye mean to raze the Trojan race, Who give to Troy such gallant hearts and bold."

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

The walls were covered with scales of brass; and in the centre, on a granite pedestal, stood the statue of one of the Kabiri called Aletes, the discoverer of the mines in Celtiberia.

From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave

Archias δέκατος ἀπὸ Τημένου, since the Bacchiadæ derived themselves from Aletes, not Temenus.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried