Arete (disambiguation)
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Arete (Greek: Ἀρετή) is a term meaning "virtue" or "excellence".
Arete, Arête, or Areté may also refer to:
History[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Queen Arete (mythology), a character in Homer's Odyssey
Science[edit]
Geography[edit]
- Arête, a thin ridge of rock formed by glaciers
- Arête, in climbing, an outward-facing corner between two steep faces
Art[edit]
- Areté, an arts magazine
Fiction[edit]
- Princess Arete, a 2001 animated Japanese film and its title character
Locations[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Aretes (Greek: Ἀρέτης), Macedonian General