(Λήιτος), 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.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890