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Aglaea
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Aglaea or Aglaïa is one of the three Charites or Gratiae (Graces) in Greek mythology.
Aglaea (center), as depicted in Antonio Canova’s sculpture, The Three Graces.
Aglaea (center), as depicted in Antonio Canova’s sculpture, The Three Graces.
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In Greek mythology, the Charites, singular Charis, or Graces, were three or more goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, goodwill, and fertility. Hesiod names three – Aglaea ("Shining"), Euphrosyne ("Joy"), and Thalia ("Blooming") – and names Aglaea as the youngest and the wife of Hephaestus. In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Graces". Some sources use the appellation "Charis" as the name of one of the Charites, and equate her with Aglaea, as she too is referred to as the wife of Hephaestus.
The Three Graces in a fresco at Pompeii, 1-50 AD
The Three Graces in a fresco at Pompeii, 1-50 AD
The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera in the Uffizi Gallery.
The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera in the Uffizi Gallery.
6th-century BCE relief
6th-century BCE relief
The Three Graces, Antonio Canova's first version, now in the Hermitage Museum
The Three Graces, Antonio Canova's first version, now in the Hermitage Museum