Arete (disambiguation)

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

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