Arete (disambiguation)
# Arete (disambiguation)

Arete (Greek: Ἀρετή) is a term meaning "virtue" or "excellence".

Arete, Arête, or Areté may also refer to:

## History

* Arete of Cyrene, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher
* Arete (daughter of Dionysius), daughter of Dionysius I of Syracuse and wife of Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)

## Mythology

* Queen Arete (mythology), a character in Homer's Odyssey

## Science

* 197 Arete, an asteroid
* Arete, a genus of snapping shrimps in family Alpheidae

## Geography

* Arête, a thin ridge of rock formed by glaciers
* Arête, in climbing, an outward-facing corner between two steep faces

## Art

* Areté, an arts magazine

## Fiction

* Princess Arete, a 2001 animated Japanese film and its title character

## Locations

### Placenames normally transliterated Areti

* Areti, Cyclades, a village on the island of Milos, Cyclades
* Areti, Elis, a village in Elis
* Areti, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit
* Areti, Thessaloniki, a village in the Thessaloniki regional unit
