Aletes (mythology)
For other uses, see
Aletes
.
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
]
^
Hyginus
,
Fabulae
122
^
Virgil
,
Aeneid
9.246-256
^
Pausanias
, 2.4.3
^
Apollodorus
, 3.10.6
^
Eustathius
ad
Homer
,
Odyssey
15.21
;
Scholia
ad, the
Odyssey
15.16