"Arete, she is called, and earns the name:
she answers all our prayers. She comes, in fact,
from the same stock that bred our King Alcinous.
First came Nausithous, son of the earthquake god
Poseidon and Periboea, the lovely, matchless beauty,
the youngest daughter of iron-willed Eurymedon."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 7, lines 62-67. Athena tells Odysseus that Queen Arete will be the first person he meets in the palace halls. Arete will play an important role in Odysseus’ quest to find his way home after twenty years.