Arete (disambiguation)

Arete (Greek: Ἀρετή) is a term meaning "virtue" or "excellence".

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Arete, Arête, or Areté may also refer to:

History

Arete of Cyrene, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher
Arete (daughter of Dionysius), daughter of Dionysius I of Syracuse and wife of Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)

Mythology

Queen Arete (mythology), a character in Homer's Odyssey

Science

197 Arete, an asteroid
Arete, a genus of snapping shrimps in family Alpheidae

Geography

Arête, a thin ridge of rock formed by glaciers
Arête, in climbing, an outward-facing corner between two steep faces

Art

Areté, an arts magazine

Fiction

Princess Arete, a 2001 animated Japanese film and its title character

Locations

Placenames normally transliterated Areti

Areti, Cyclades, a village on the island of Milos, Cyclades
Areti, Elis, a village in Elis
Areti, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit
Areti, Thessaloniki, a village in the Thessaloniki regional unit

See also

Aretes (Greek: Ἀρέτης), Macedonian General

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