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

• Aretus, son ofBias andPero, and brother ofPerialces andAlphesiboea,^[1][2] wife of KingPelias ofIolcus.
• King Aretus ofPylos, son ofNestor andEurydice^[3] (orAnaxibia^[4]). He was the brother toThrasymedes,Pisidice,Polycaste,Perseus,Stratichus,Peisistratus,Echephron andAntilochus.
• Aretus, armed his force under compulsion and joined KingDeriades ofIndia againstDionysus in the Indian War. His sons were dumb because while he was sacrificing toAphrodite 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 byLaobie, wereLycus,Myrsus,Glaucus,Periphas andMelaneus.^[5]
• Aretus, a warrior in the army of Dionysus during the Indian War. He was killed by King Deriades of India.^[6]
• Aretus, prince ofTroy and one of fifty sons ofPriam.^[7] He was killed byAutomedon. 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.^[8] In another account, Aretus and his brotherEchemmon were instead slain byOdysseus.^[9]
• Aretus, aBebrycian who helped to bind gauntlets about the hands ofAmycus for his boxing-match. He was later killed byClytius, one of theArgonauts.^[10]

• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.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.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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