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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 (/ ə ˈ r iː t iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀρήτη means "she who is prayed for") of Scheria was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas.
Arete (Ancient Greek: ἀρετή, romanized: aretḗ) is a concept in ancient Greek thought that, in its most basic sense, refers to "excellence" of any kind [1] —especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." [2] The term may also refer to excellence in "moral virtue." [1]
Arete (Ancient Greek: Ἀρετή) was the daughter of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse (Magna Graecia) with Aristomache. Arete was first married to Thearides , and upon his death to her uncle, Dion of Syracuse , the brother of her mother Aristomache .
Two Centaurs pound Caeneus into the ground with tree trunks; bronze relief from Olympia, Archaeological Museum of Olympia BE 11a (mid–late seventh century BC) [1] In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus.
In Greek mythology, Alcinous (also Alcinoüs; / æ l ˈ s ɪ n ə ʊ ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίνοος Alkínoos lit. ' mighty mind ') was a son of Nausithous and brother of Rhexenor. [2] After the latter's death, [3] he married his brother's daughter Arete who bore him Nausicaa, Halius, Clytoneus and Laodamas. [4]
Nausicaa (/ n ɔː ˈ s ɪ k ɪ ə /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ναυσικάα, romanized: Nausikáa [nau̯sikáaː], or Ναυσικᾶ, Nausikâ, [nau̯sikâː]), also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia.
In Greek mythology, Enarete (/ ɪ ˈ n æ r ɪ t iː /, Ancient Greek: Ἐναρέτη "virtuous" literally "in virtue", from en "in" and arete "virtue"), or Aenarete (Αἰναρέτη Ainarete), was a queen of Aeolia (i.e. Thessaly) and ancestor of the Aeolians.
Diomedes (/ ˌ d aɪ ə ˈ m iː d iː z / [1]) or Diomede (/ ˈ d aɪ ə m iː d /; [1] Ancient Greek: Διομήδης, romanized: Diomēdēs, lit. 'god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus') is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War.