Ἀρήτη
ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
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In Greek mythology, Queen Arete (/əˈriːtiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρήτη means "she who is prayed for") of Scheria was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas.
Arete was the daughter of Rhexenor. She was a descendant of Poseidon, who, making love to Periboea, begot Nausithous, who in turn had two sons, Rhexenor, her father and Alcinous, her uncle and later on, her husband. Her name appears to be associated with the Ionic noun ἀρητή, meaning "sacred", "cursed" or "prayed." Some sources claim that it means "righteous", while others connect it with Ares, the Greek god of war.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἆράομαι, cf. Od. 7.54, 64 f.): Arēte, wife of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, and mother of Nausicaa.
Spanish (DGE)
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• Prosodia: [ᾱ-]
Arete
I mit., esposa de Alcínoo, rey de los feacios Od.7.54, A.R.4.1013, Orph.A.1319, Apollod.1.9.25, Luc.Im.19, Ath.17c
•hermana de Alcínoo Hes.Fr.222.
II 1amante de Hiponacte y tal vez de Búpalo, quizá madre de éste, Hippon.20.2, 22.2, 23.1.
2 hija y sucesora del filósofo Aristipo de Cirene, Str.17.3.22, Ael.NA 3.40, D.L.2.72, Arete, I.
3 mujer de Partenio, Sud.s.u. Παρθένιος, a la que el autor dedica dos de sus obras, Parth.SHell.606-608.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀρήτη: ἡ Арета (жена Алкиноя, царя феаков) Hom.
