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{{Short description|Several characters in Greek mythology}}
'''Aretus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|r|iː|t|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄρητος, ''Árētos'') was one of several characters in [[Greek mythology]]:

*Aretus, son of [[Bias (son of Amythaon)|Bias]] and [[Pero (princess)|Pero]], and brother of [[Perialces]] and [[Alphesiboea]],<ref>[[Scholia|Scholion]] on ''Nekuia'' 3F33 with [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] as the authority</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gantz|first=Timothy|title=Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=1993|isbn=0-8018-4410-X|location=London|page=187}}</ref> wife of King [[Pelias]] of [[Iolcus]].
*King Aretus of [[Pylos]], son of [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]] and [[Eurydice of Pylos|Eurydice]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 1.9.9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730234322/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%201.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 |date=2024-07-30 }}</ref> (or [[Anaxibia]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 3.414</ref>). He was the brother to [[Thrasymedes (mythology)|Thrasymedes]], [[Pisidice]], [[Polycaste]], [[Perseus of Pylos|Perseus]], [[Stratichus]], [[Peisistratus of Pylos|Peisistratus]], [[Echephron]] and [[Antilochus]].
*Aretus, armed his force under compulsion and joined King [[Deriades]] of [[India]] against [[Dionysus]] in the Indian War. His sons were dumb because while he was sacrificing to [[Aphrodite]] the day of his marriage, a pregnant sow gave birth to a bastard brood of marine creatures. A seer was asked and he foretold a succession of dumb children to come, like the voiceless generation of the sea. After the war Dionysus restored their voices. His sons, whom he had by [[Laobie]], were [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]], [[Myrsus]], [[Glaucus (mythology)|Glaucus]], [[Periphas]] and [[Melaneus]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 26.250 ff.</ref>
*Aretus, a warrior in the army of Dionysus during the Indian War. He was killed by King Deriades of India.<ref>Nonnus, 32.188</ref>
*Aretus, prince of [[Troy]] and one of fifty sons of [[Priam]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.12.5; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227142500/https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 |date=2021-02-27 }}</ref> He was killed by [[Automedon]]. Aretus was known for his love of horses and was said to be the protector of horses by the Greek people. Cavalry soldiers were often known to pray to Aretus and Allamenium before going into battle.<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 17.495-525</ref> In another account, Aretus and his brother [[Echemmon (mythology)|Echemmon]] were instead slain by [[Odysseus]].<ref>Dictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227142500/https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 |date=2021-02-27 }}</ref>
*Aretus, a [[Bebryces|Bebrycian]] who helped to bind gauntlets about the hands of [[Amykos|Amycus]] for his boxing-match. He was later killed by [[Clytius]], one of the [[Argonauts]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 2.51 & 2.117</ref>

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== References ==

*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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