Aleʹthes (3 syl.)
.An ambassador from Egypt to King Alʹadine. He is represented as a man of low birth raised to the highest rank, subtle, false, deceitful, and wily.—Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.