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Aletes

The Heraclid · King of Corinth · Son of Hippotes

01Identity

Aletes in Roman tradition

Atete, Altes, Althaea, and Aethra are named, but Aletes is not. No name, form, parentage, origin, or function for Aletes is given. No account of the figure appears here.

Its place in Roman-Italic mythology cannot therefore be established. Nothing states what Aletes guards, serves, represents, or was born from. Its status is also unknown. It may be a god, spirit, monster, human figure, or another kind of being. A fuller account would need a source that names Aletes and records its nature or role.

Top questions

The quick answers

  • Who is Aletes?

    Aletes is a Roman being.
    Source

    Source

    • The Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics)
    • Classical Mythology a to Z
02The names

The names Aletes answers to

The Heraclid

A descendant of Heracles

SourceThe Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics)

King of Corinth

The ruler who seized Corinth

SourceClassical Mythology a to Z

Son of Hippotes

His patronymic in the Corinthian tradition

SourceThe Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics)

03Who it is

Aletes, and where the myths place it

Appears in

The myths across MythSource where Aletes features, each on that figure’s page.

The film

The Underdrawing video on Aletes embeds here once it publishes.