Arete (Greek: Αρετή) can refer to several different concepts, people, and things:

• Arete is an Ancient Greek word, meaning "excellence".
• Arete became more specific when applied to moral character, and is normally translated as virtue.
• In Greek mythology, Arete was a goddess of virtue, and a daughter of Praxidike.
• Queen Arete is a character in Homer's epic, Odyssey.
• 197 Arete is an asteroid.
• Areté (http://www.aretemagazine.com/t_index.jsp) is an arts magazine.

Greek place names are normally transliterated Areti: Arete (Greek: ) in its basic sense means goodness or excellence of any kind, especially manly qualities. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA // – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Virtue (Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) is the habitual, well-established, readiness or disposition of mans powers directing them to some goodness of act. ... Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... In Greek mythology, Queen Arete of Scheria was a queen of the Phaeacians, wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... EPIC might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Electronic Privacy Information Center Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Programmable ircII Client El Paso Intelligence Center End Poverty In California European Privatisation and Investment Corporation Sometimes it is also used to refer to Epic Games game development company. ... The Odyssey (ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first being the Iliad. ... 197 Arete (uh RETT ee) is a Main belt asteroid. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...

• Areti, a village in the Cyclades
• Areti, a village in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia
• Areti, a village in the prefecture of Ioannina
• Areti, a village in the Thessaloniki area.

Arête, from the French, is etymologically unrelated to any of the above: The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kikládhes) is an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ... Areti (Greek: Αρετή) is a community located about 500 m north of GR-9/E55 at the community hall and a square (plateia) in the municipality of Lechaina and the prefecture of Ilia. ... For other uses of the word Ilia, see Ilia (disambiguation). ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα Giannena, Yiannena or Γιάννινα Giannina, Yiannina ; Albanian: Janinë or Janina; Aromanian: Ianina, Bulgarian: Янина Janina) is a city in and capital of Epirus, Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000 and sitting at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level. ... Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Etymology is the study of the origins of words. ...

• An arête is a thin ridge of rock that is formed by glaciers.