Arete of Cyrene

Marble head of a woman, possibly Arete. Roman copy of a 4th century BC original.

Arete of Cyrene (/əˈriːtiː/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀρήτη; fl. 4th century BC) was a Cyrenaic philosopher who lived in Cyrene, Libya. She was the daughter of Aristippus of Cyrene.[1]

  1. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey (1986). Women in science : antiquity through the nineteenth century: a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography (3. print. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-15031-X.