Arete
Sign in to save'''''' () is a concept in ancient Greek thought that refers to "excellence" of any kind—especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." The term may also refer to excellence in "moral virtue."
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.member_of
- The Praxidicae
- Deity.name
- Arete
- Deity.image
- Arete - Areté- Éfeso.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Statue of Arete in Celsus' Library in Ephesus, 2nd century AD
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of excellence and virtue
- Deity.parents
- Praxidice and Soter
- Deity.siblings
- Homonoia
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.equivalent1
- Virtus
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Roman
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- History
- Homer
- <!-- [[Arete (goddess)]] links here -->Personification
- Examples of usage
- Athletics
- Paideia
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- References
- Further reading
'''''' () is a concept in ancient Greek thought that refers to "excellence" of any kind—especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." The term may also refer to excellence in "moral virtue."
The concept was also occasionally personified as a minor goddess, Arete (not to be confused with the mythological Queen Arete), who, together with sister Homonoia, formed the ("Exacters of Justice").