Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ārētē: ēs, f., = Ἀρήτη,
I the wife of Alcinous, king of the Phœacians, Hyg. Fab. 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Ārĕtē, ēs, f., fille de Denys l’ancien, tyran de Syracuse : Nep. Dion 1, 1.
(2) Ărētē, ēs, f., Arété [femme d’Alcinoüs, roi des Phéaciens] : Hyg. Fab. 23.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Aretē1, ēs, f. (Ἀρετή), Tochter des älteren Dionysius, des Tyrannen von Syrakus, Nep. Dion. 1. § 1.
(2) Arētē2, ēs, f. (Ἀρήτη), Gemahlin des Alkinous, des Königs der Phäaken, Hyg. fab. 23.
Spanish > Greek
Ἀρήτη
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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.
Arete (Ancient Greek: Ἀρετή) was the daughter of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse with Aristomache.
Arete was first married to Thearides, and upon his death to her uncle, Dion of Syracuse, the brother of her mother Aristomache. After Dion had fled from Syracuse during the reign of the younger Dionysius, Arete was compelled by her brother to marry Timocrates of Syracuse, one of his friends; but she was again received by Dion as his wife, when he had obtained possession of Syracuse and expelled the younger Dionysius, Dionysius II of Syracuse.
After Dion's assassination in 353 BCE, Arete was imprisoned together with her mother and brought forth a son while in confinement. Arete and Aristomache were subsequently liberated and kindly received by Hicetas of Leontini, one of Dion's friends, but he was afterward persuaded by the enemies of Dion to drown them.
