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subject	book bibliographic info
arete	Blum and Biggs (2019), The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature, 35, 47, 50, 121, 125, 238 Brenk and Lanzillotta (2023), Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians, 14 Gazis and Hooper (2021), Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature, 14, 15 Giusti (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 142 Gruen (2020), Ethnicity in the Ancient World - Did it matter, 48, 175 Keith and Myers (2023), Vergil and Elegy. 267 Morrison (2020), Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography, 7, 8, 9, 203, 204, 207 Omeara (2005), Platonopolis: Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity 18 Raaflaub Ober and Wallace (2007), Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece, 35 Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156, 157, 165, 166, 167, 170, 171, 172
arete, allegory, mountain of	Greensmith (2021), The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation, 265
arete, daughter of aristippus of cyrene	Wolfsdorf (2020), Early Greek Ethics, 396, 397, 399
arete, mountain allegory	Greensmith (2021), The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation, 264, 265
arete, mountain of	Greensmith (2021), The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation, 265
arete, mountain of arete,	Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156
arete, of a deity	Stavrianopoulou (2013), Shifting Social Imaginaries in the Hellenistic Period: Narrations, Practices and Images, 148, 172
arete, of cyrene	Bowie (2023), Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture, Volume 2: Comedy, Herodotus, Hellenistic and Imperial Greek Poetry, the Novels. 424
arete, of soter, and gods	Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 116, 204
arete, of soter, and men	Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 65, 169, 253
arete, parthenius	Keith and Myers (2023), Vergil and Elegy. 20
arete, queen	Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 177
arete, wife of alcinous	Brule (2003), Women of Ancient Greece, 55, 57
arete, ἀρετή	Clay and Vergados (2022), Teaching through Images: Imagery in Greco-Roman Didactic Poetry, 345, 346

List of validated texts:

9 validated results for "arete"

1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 287-292 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • arete • arete (ἀρετή) • arete, Mountain of Arete

Found in books: Clay and Vergados (2022), Teaching through Images: Imagery in Greco-Roman Didactic Poetry, 345; Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 68, 69, 70, 78, 79, 81, 84; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156

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287 τὴν μέν τοι κακότητα καὶ ἰλαδὸν ἔστιν ἑλέσθαι'²⁸⁸ ῥηιδίως· λείη μὲν ὁδός, μάλα δʼ ἐγγύθι ναίει· ²⁸⁹ τῆς δʼ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν ²⁹⁰ ἀθάνατοι· μακρὸς δὲ καὶ ὄρθιος οἶμος ἐς αὐτὴν ²⁹¹ καὶ τρηχὺς τὸ πρῶτον· ἐπὴν δʼ εἰς ἄκρον ἵκηται, ²⁹² ῥηιδίη δὴ ἔπειτα πέλει, χαλεπή περ ἐοῦσα. ' None

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287 Perses, remember this, serve righteousne'²⁸⁸ And wholly sidestep the iniquity ²⁸⁹ of force. The son of Cronus made this act ²⁹⁰ For men - that fish, wild beasts and birds should eat ²⁹¹ Each other, being lawless, but the pact ²⁹² He made with humankind is very meet – ' None

2. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • Arete, Queen of Scheria • Arete, wife of Alcinous

Found in books: Brule (2003), Women of Ancient Greece, 55, 57; Farrell (2021), Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity, 110; Giusti (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 142; Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 61, 62; Morrison (2020), Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography, 203; Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 14, 22

3. Xenophon, Memoirs, 2.1.22-2.1.23 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • arete • arete, Mountain of Arete

Found in books: Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 70; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156

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2.1.22 καὶ φανῆναι αὐτῷ δύο γυναῖκας προσιέναι μεγάλας, τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν εὐπρεπῆ τε ἰδεῖν καὶ ἐλευθέριον φύσει, κεκοσμημένην τὸ μὲν σῶμα καθαρότητι, τὰ δὲ ὄμματα αἰδοῖ, τὸ δὲ σχῆμα σωφροσύνῃ, ἐσθῆτι δὲ λευκῇ, τὴν δʼ ἑτέραν τεθραμμένην μὲν εἰς πολυσαρκίαν τε καὶ ἁπαλότητα, κεκαλλωπισμένην δὲ τὸ μὲν χρῶμα ὥστε λευκοτέραν τε καὶ ἐρυθροτέραν τοῦ ὄντος δοκεῖν φαίνεσθαι, τὸ δὲ σχῆμα ὥστε δοκεῖν ὀρθοτέραν τῆς φύσεως εἶναι, τὰ δὲ ὄμματα ἔχειν ἀναπεπταμένα, ἐσθῆτα δὲ ἐξ ἧς ἂν μάλιστα ὥρα διαλάμποι· κατασκοπεῖσθαι δὲ θαμὰ ἑαυτήν, ἐπισκοπεῖν δὲ καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος αὐτὴν θεᾶται, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτῆς σκιὰν ἀποβλέπειν. ^2.1.23 ὡς δʼ ἐγένοντο πλησιαίτερον τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, τὴν μὲν πρόσθεν ῥηθεῖσαν ἰέναι τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, τὴν δʼ ἑτέραν φθάσαι βουλομένην προσδραμεῖν τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ καὶ εἰπεῖν· ὁρῶ σε, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ἀποροῦντα ποίαν ὁδὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βίον τράπῃ. ἐὰν οὖν ἐμὲ φίλην ποιησάμενος, ἐπὶ τὴν ἡδίστην τε καὶ ῥᾴστην ὁδὸν ἄξω σε, καὶ τῶν μὲν τερπνῶν οὐδενὸς ἄγευστος ἔσει, τῶν δὲ χαλεπῶν ἄπειρος διαβιώσῃ.'' None

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2.1.22 and sat pondering which road to take. And there appeared two women of great stature making towards him. The one was fair to see and of high bearing; and her limbs were adorned with purity, her eyes with modesty; sober was her figure, and her robe was white. The other was plump and soft, with high feeding. Her face was made up to heighten its natural white and pink, her figure to exaggerate her height. Open-eyed was she; and dressed so as to disclose all her charms. Now she eyed herself; anon looked whether any noticed her; and often stole a glance at her own shadow. ^2.1.23 When they drew nigh to Heracles, the first pursued the even tenor of her way: but the other, all eager to outdo her, ran to meet him, crying: Heracles, I see that you are in doubt which path to take towards life. Make me your friend; follow me, and I will lead you along the pleasantest and easiest road. You shall taste all the sweets of life; and hardship you shall never know. '' None

4. None, None, nan (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • Arete (queen) • Arete, Queen of Scheria

Found in books: Farrell (2021), Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity, 137; Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 170; Morrison (2020), Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography, 7, 203, 204, 207; Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 177

5. Lucian, Hermotimus, Or Sects, 2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • arete • arete, Mountain of Arete

Found in books: Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 72, 73; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156

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2 Ly . A glorious prize, indeed! however, you cannot be far off it now, if one may judge by the time you have given to philosophy, and the extraordinary vigour of your long pursuit. For twenty years now, I should say, I have watched you perpetually going to your professors, generally bent over a book taking notes of past lectures, pale with thought and emaciated in body. I suspect you find no release even in your dreams, you are so wrapped up in the thing. With all this you must surely get hold of Happiness soon, if indeed you have not found it long ago without telling us.Her . Alas, Lycinus, I am only just beginning to get an inkling of the right way. Very far off dwells Virtue, as Hesiod says, and long and steep and rough is the way thither, and travellers must bedew it with sweat.Ly . And you have not yet sweated and travelled enough?Her . Surely not; else should I have been on the summit, with nothing left between me and bliss; but I am only starting yet, Lycinus.'' None

6. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • arete • arete, Mountain of Arete

Found in books: Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 71, 72; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156

7. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • arete • arete, Mountain of Arete

Found in books: Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 72; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 156

8. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.94-1.96, 1.302-1.303, 1.749-1.752
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • Arete, Queen of Scheria • Dido, intertexutal identities, Arete

Found in books: Fabre-Serris et al. (2021), Identities, Ethnicities and Gender in Antiquity, 183; Farrell (2021), Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity, 220, 222; Giusti (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 142; Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 61; Keith and Myers (2023), Vergil and Elegy. 267

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1.94 talia voce refert: O terque quaterque beati, ^1.95 quis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis ^1.96 contigit oppetere! O Danaum fortissime gentis ^1.302 Et iam iussa facit, ponuntque ferocia Poeni ^1.303 corda volente deo; in primis regina quietum ^1.749 infelix Dido, longumque bibebat amorem, ^1.750 multa super Priamo rogitans, super Hectore multa; ^1.751 nunc quibus Aurorae venisset filius armis, ^1.752 nunc quales Diomedis equi, nunc quantus Achilles.'' None

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1.94 now sails the Tuscan main towards Italy, ^1.95 bringing their Ilium and its vanquished powers. ^1.96 Uprouse thy gales. Strike that proud navy down! ^1.302 and nations populous from shore to shore, ^1.303 paused on the peak of heaven, and fixed his gaze ' "^1.749 the stormful season of Orion's star " '^1.750 drove us on viewless shoals; and angry gales ^1.751 dispersed us, smitten by the tumbling surge, ^1.752 among innavigable rocks. Behold, '' None

9. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Arete • Arete (mountain) allegory • Mountain of Arete • allegory, Mountain of Arete • arete

Found in books: Greensmith (2021), The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation, 264, 265; Maciver (2012), Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity, 42, 56, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83; Verhelst and Scheijnens (2022), Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context, 165, 171

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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