Aretus

Aretus /əˈriːtəs/ (Greek: Ἄρητος, Árētos) was one of several characters in Greek mythology:

King Aretus of Pylos was a son of Nestor and Eurydice (or Anaxibia).^[1]
Aretus of Troy was one of fifty sons of Priam. He was killed by Automedon.^[2]

References

↑ Homer, Odyssey III, 414
↑ Homer, Iliad, 17. 495-525

Characters in the Odyssey

House of Odysseus	Penelope (wife) Telemachus (son) Anticlea (mother) Laërtes (father) Autolycus (grandfather) Eurycleia (chief servant) Mentor (advisor) Phemius (musician) Argos (pet-dog)

Monarchs and royals	Alcinous of Phaeacia Arete of Phaeacia Nestor of Pylos Menelaus of Sparta Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Agamemnon of Mycenae

Gods	Athena Apollo Artemis Atlas Calypso Circe Hermes Poseidon Zeus Oceanus

Others	Achilles Aeolus Ajax Amphimedon Anticlus Antiphates Antiphus Aretus Cyclopes Demodocus Demoptolemus Deucalion Dolius Echephron Echetus Elpenor Eumaeus Eupeithes Euryalus Eurylochus Halitherses Helen Heracles Idomeneus Irus Kikonians Laodamas Laestrygones Medon Melantho Mentes Old Man of the Sea Peisistratus Perimedes Perseus Philoetius Polites Polydamna Polyphemus Scylla and Charybdis Sirens Stratichus Tiresias Theoclymenus Thrasymedes

Suitors	Agelaus Amphinomus Antinous Ctesippus Eurymachus Leodes Melanthius

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