Leitus
(
*Lh/itos), a son of Alector or Alectryon, by Cleobule, and father of Peneleus. (
Apollod. 3.10.8;
Diod. 4.67.)
He is mentioned among the Argonauts (
Apollod. 1.9.16), and commanded the Boeotians in the war against Troy (
Hom. Il. 2.494,
17.602;
Paus. 9.4. 3), from whence he took with him the remains of Arcesilaus. (
Paus. 9.39.3.) His tomb was shown in later times at Plataeae. (
Paus. 9.4.3; comp.
Hyg. Fab. 97.)
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