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]