Alectryon (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Alectryon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεκτρυών, romanized: Alektruon, lit. 'cock') may refer to the following personages:

Alectryon, a young soldier who was assigned by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in a love affair with Aphrodite.^[1]
Alectryon, also called Alector, father of Leitus,^[2] and in some accounts of Clonius, Arcesilaus and Prothoenor.^[3] All four were leaders of the Boeotian contingent against Troy.

^ Lucian Gallus, 3. For the myth, see also the scholiast to Aristophanes Av. 835; Eustathius ad Homer, Odysseam 1.300; Ausonius, 26.2.27; Libanius, Progymnasmata 2.26
^ Homer, Iliad 17.602
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 533–536. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.