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Aletes
[ uh-lee-teez ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- a descendant of Hercules who conquered Corinth.
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So Helymus does, so Aletes ripe of years, so the boy Ascanius, and the rest of the people follow.
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Then the old man Aletes said: “Surely, Troy hath not altogether perished, having yet such hearts as yours.”
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Old Aletes laid his hands on their heads and with tears in his eyes blessed the gods for sending such deliverers.
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Aletes was slain by Orestes, and 176 Electra became the wife of Pylades.
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In the meantime Aletes, the son of Aegisthus, seized the throne of Mycenae.
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