Leitus

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In Greek mythology, Leitus (/ˈlɪtəs/; Ancient Greek: Λήϊτος Leϊtos) was a leader of the Boeotians and admiral of 12 ships which sailed against Troy.[1]

Family

Leitus was the son of Alector (Alectryon)[2] and Polybule[3] or of Lacritus and Cleobule.[1] He was the brother of Clonius, and probably the half-sibling of other Boeotian leaders, Arcesilaus and Prothoenor.[4]

In some accounts, Leitus was described as an earth-born and thus a son of Gaia (Earth).[5]

Mythology

Leitus also sailed with the Argonauts[6] and afterwards, as one of the suitors of Helen, fought in the Trojan War,[7] where he killed 20 enemies,[8] including Phylacus.[9]

Leitus was one of the seven

Plataeae.[13]

Notes

  1. ^
    Hyginus
    , Fabulae 97
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.67.7
  3. .
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  5. ^ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  7. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.494; Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  8. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 114
  9. ^ Homer, Iliad 6.35
  10. ^ Homer, Iliad 13.90–124
  11. ^ Homer, Iliad 17.602–605
  12. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.39.3
  13. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.4.3

References

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