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Aletes

[ uh-lee-teez ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
  2. a descendant of Hercules who conquered Corinth.


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Example Sentences

So Helymus does, so Aletes ripe of years, so the boy Ascanius, and the rest of the people follow.

Then the old man Aletes said: “Surely, Troy hath not altogether perished, having yet such hearts as yours.”

Old Aletes laid his hands on their heads and with tears in his eyes blessed the gods for sending such deliverers.

Aletes was slain by Orestes, and 176 Electra became the wife of Pylades.

In the meantime Aletes, the son of Aegisthus, seized the throne of Mycenae.

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