Altes

In the Homeric and later mythographic corpus Altes appears as a regional Lelegian king resident at Pedasus in or near the Troad. He is primarily attested through his offspring: Homer's Iliad names Laothoe, one of King Priam's wives, as his daughter. Other, later or local accounts cited in secondary summaries attribute fatherhood of the Argonaut Ancaeus of Samos to Altes, a connection explained by shared Lelegian identity in some traditions. The supplied materials note that ancient mythographers do not record Altes's own parentage; he is preserved chiefly as a point of local kingship and genealogical linkage within the Trojan-era heroic age.

The provided sources contain no physical, iconographic, or descriptive details about Altes. He is not characterized by appearance, costume, age, or distinguishing marks in the available excerpts; he is known only by name and social role within genealogical lists and narrative references.

No supernatural powers, magical functions, or ritual roles are ascribed to Altes in the supplied materials. He is presented as a mortal king whose narrative role is genealogical: fathering figures who link Pedasus/Lelegian stock to larger epic networks (e.g., Priam's household, the Argonauts). There is no evidence in the provided texts of prodigious deeds, divine favor in action, or otherworldly behavior.