Aletes (1)

Emily Kearns

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Aletes(1)

Emily Kearns

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.274
Published online: 22 December 2015

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Son of *Aegisthus, killed by *Orestes in Mycenae (Hyg., Fab. 122, perhaps from the Attic tragedy Aletes, TrGF 3. 2. fr. 1b). His name (‘Wanderer’) may suggest an aetiological connection with the aletis rite at the Attic festival *Anthesteria, linked in mythology with his sister *Erigone.

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