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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Mnestheus gives Nisus the shaggy spoils of a lion's hide; faithful Aletes exchanges his helmet.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
Aletes, son of Hippotes and a descendant of Heracles, is said to have taken possession of Corinth by the help of the oracle of Zeus at Dodona, and therefore named the city Διὸς Κόρινθος.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The descendants of Aletes reigned twelve generations, when the nobles converted the government into an oligarchy, under Bacchis, who greatly increased the commercial importance of the city.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
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
Aletes found Sisyphidæ and Ionians mixed with them.328.Orchomenos, p. 257.329.II.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
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