[1] Leitus was the son of Alector[2] (Alectryon)[3] and Polybule[4] or of Lacritus and Cleobule.
[6] Leitus also sailed with the Argonauts[2] and afterwards, as one of the suitors of Helen, fought in the Trojan War,[7] where he killed 20 enemies,[8] including Phylacus.
[9] Leitus was one of the seven Achaean leaders (others being Teucer, Thoas, Meriones, Antilochus, Peneleos and Deipyrus) in front of whom Poseidon appeared during the Trojans' attack on the Achaean ships, urging them to fight back instead of acting like cowards.
[10] He was wounded by Hector on the hand at the wrist,[11] but in the end, he was the only Boeotian leader to safely return home after the Trojan War.
He also brought back the remains of Arcesilaus, another Boeotian chieftain, and buried them near the city of Lebadea.