Aretê

Aretê, in its basic sense, means "excellence of any kind." The term may also mean "moral virtue." In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one's full potential. Aretê is personified as a goddess, the sister of Homonoia (not to be confused with Harmonia), and the daughter of the goddess of justice, Praxidike. Aretê and Homonoia were known jointly as the Praxidikai (Exacters of Justice).