In
Greek mythology, Queen
Arete of
Scheria[?] was a queen of the
Phaeacians[?], wife of
Alcinous and mother of
Nausicaa and
Laodamas. She welcomed
Odysseus and treated him hospitably.
Odyssey VII,54, 66, 141, 233.
"Areté" (αρετη) is also the Greek word for virtue.