In Greek mythology, Leitus (Leïtos) is a Boeotian captain in the Trojan War — admiral of twelve ships in some tallies — who also sails with the Argonauts and ranks among Helen's suitors. Homer and later catalogues place him among the Boeotian leaders; Pausanias knows him as the only Boeotian chieftain to return safely from Troy, bringing home the bones of Arcesilaus.
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I.Family and command
Homer's Catalogue sets Leitus among the Boeotian leaders from Hyria, Aulis, and the surrounding towns. Parentage varies: son of Alector (Alectryon) and Polybule, or of Lacritus and Cleobule; brother of Clonius; sometimes half-sibling to Arcesilaus and Prothoenor. A minority notice makes him earth-born, a son of Gaia.
Apollodorus counts him among the Argonauts and among Helen's suitors. At Troy he kills Phylacus among others; Poseidon rallies him with Teucer, Thoas, Meriones, Antilochus, Peneleos, and Deipyrus when the Trojans press the ships. Hector wounds him on the wrist, yet he survives the war.
II.Return
Pausanias reports that Leitus alone of the Boeotian leaders came home, and that he buried Arcesilaus near Lebadea; his own tomb was shown at Plataea. The atlas keeps him distinct from obscure catalogue namesakes.