where i can read about areté?

I've read Iliad and Odyssey. Is Ullyses the prototipe of areté? Is the hybris the antagonic concept? to have areté you need less hybris? the human, can really balance that? what does require? PD: I'm not an english speaker but i can understand when i read. I want to become a better person, so i wanna work with classics (i really don´t trust in many self help books)