Arete (mythology)

For other uses, see Arete (disambiguation).
Francesco Hayez, Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, 1814–1815. Arete is depicted on the left, sitting between Nausicaa and Alcinous.

In Greek mythology, Queen Arete (/əˈriːtiː/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀρήτη means "she who is prayed for") of Scheria was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas.

  1. ^ Bolles, William, ed. (1845). An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. New London: Bolles & Williams. p. 852.