Arete
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In
Greek mythology, Queen
Arete of
Scheria was a queen of the Phaeacians, wife of
Alcinous and mother of
Nausicaa and
Laodamas. She welcomed
Odysseus and treated him hospitably.
Odyssey VII,54, 66, 141, 233.
"Areté" (αρετη) is also the Greek word for virtue.