Alector

Alector

Alector (Gr. polytonic|Ἀλέκτωρ) refers to more than one person in classical myth and history:cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Alector (1) and (2) | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 109 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0118.html ]

*Alector, the father of Leitus, one of the Argonauts. [Pseudo-Apollodorus, i. 9. § 16] Homer calls him "Alectryon". [Homer, "Iliad" xvii. 602]
*Alector, a son of Anaxagoras and father of Iphis, king of Argos. He was consulted by Polyneices as to the manner in which Amphiaraus might be compelled to take part in the expedition against Thebes. [Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 6. § 2] [Pausanias, "Description of Greece" ii. 18. § 4]
*Alector, two others of the same name who are mentioned in Homer. [Homer, "Odyssey" iv. 10] [Eustathius of Thessalonica, "ad Hom." pp. 303 & 1598]

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