Aletes

American  

[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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Example Sentences

Mnestheus gives Nisus the shaggy spoils of a lion's hide; faithful Aletes exchanges his helmet.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

So Helymus does, so Aletes ripe of years, so the boy Ascanius, and the rest of the people follow.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

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

"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

To Nisus Mnestheus gave a lion's hide, His helmet changed Aletes.

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