Aletes
Americannoun
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a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
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a descendant of Hercules who conquered Corinth.
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In the meantime Aletes, the son of Aegisthus, seized the throne of Mycenae.
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Aletes was slain by Orestes, and 176 Electra became the wife of Pylades.
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In another it is stated that Aletes, being advised by an oracle to attack the city on a “crowned day,” took it during a great funeral solemnity by the treachery of the youngest daughter of Creon: these, however, are for the most part mere attempts at an historical interpretation of ancient festival ceremonies.
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They came, according to Pausanias, from Gonusa, near Sicyon, to assist the Dorians against Corinth:332 Aletes, however, at the advice of an oracle, at first refused to receive them, but presently admitted them into the city, where they afterwards overthrew his own descendants.
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This has been overlooked by Eusehius, since he makes Aletes contemporary with Eurysthenes.
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