Charites (Graces) - Mythopedia
Feb 9, 2023 · The three Charites or “Graces” were beautiful, kind, and youthful goddesses who embodied all things involving beauty, joy, and abundance. In the standard account, known from Hesiod’s Theogony, there were three Charites named Aglaea (“Radiance”), Euphrosyne (“Joy”), and Thalia (“Abundance”), daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid ...
Eurynome – Mythopedia
Jul 25, 2023 · According to Hesiod, Eurynome was the third consort of Zeus, the ruler of Olympus and the most powerful of the Greek gods. Their children included the three Charites, the embodiment of all things beautiful and joyful: Aglaea (“Radiance”), Euphrosyne (“Joy”), and …
Abas (son of Lynceus) – Mythopedia
Mar 11, 2023 · Abas was the son of Lynceus and Hypermestra and the twelfth king of Argos. He married Aglaea, the daughter of Mantineus, and fathered Acrisius and Proetus.
Hygieia - Mythopedia
Oct 4, 2023 · Overview. Hygieia was a healing goddess and the personification of health. She was one of the daughters of Asclepius and Epione and thus the sister of Aceso, Iaso, and Panacea (though Orphic sources sometimes made her …
Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia
(945–946) And Hephaestus, the famous Lame One, made Aglaea, youngest of the Graces, his buxom wife. (947–949) And golden-haired Dionysus made brown-haired Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, his buxom wife: and the son of Cronos made her deathless and unageing for him.