(Ἀλήτης; Alḗtēs). Suggestive hero's name, ‘Roamer’.
[1] Mythical conqueror of Corinth
Son of the Heraclid Hippotes, captures and colonizes Corinth after expelling the descendants of Sisyphus with help from Melas, an ancestor of Cypselus (Str. 8,8,5; Konon FGrH 26 F 1,26; Paus. 2,4,3 f; 5,18,8), or he receives the rulership from the Heraclids (Diod. Sic. 7,9,2). His dynasty is replaced by the Bacchiadae, and in poetry the Corinthians are called Aletidai after him…