Aletes: The Descendant of Hercules Who Claimed the Ancient Greek City of Corinth

Aletes: The Descendant of Hercules Who Claimed the Ancient Greek City of Corinth

Ruins of ancient Corinth. Credit: MM, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Among the many descendants of Hercules, the ancient Greek demigod, who surged out of the Peloponnesian past, one name remains obscure yet significant: that of Aletes. Son of Hippotes, descendant of the mighty Hercules, and claimant of Corinth, Aletes stood at a pivotal junction between myth and political reorganization in ancient Greece. Though largely overshadowed by more pr…