"Arete" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... when he reached the city gates was met by Pallas, in the guise of a virgin with an urn. She answered his questions, directed him to the palace, and told him to throw himself first at the feet of Queen Arete, who was looked on by the people as if she were a goddess. Wrapped in a cloud by Pallas, the unseen Ulysses admired the spacious halls of Alcinoues. Walls of brass supported blue steel cornices, golden doors guarded by gold and silver mastiffs opened into ...
— National Epics • Kate Milner Rabb
... he said that here was the seat of Arete—that is as much as to say, virtue—described by Hesiod. This, however, with submission to better judgments. The ruler of this place was one Master Gaster, the first master of arts in this world. For, if you believe that fire is the great master of arts, as Tully ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais |
