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Definition: The best known of the Graces were Aglaea (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer). They were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. In the Iliad, the Graces make a robe for Aphrodite. There appear to have been other Grace sisters, including Pasithea, betrothed of Hypnos.

Source: Early Greek Myth, by Timothy Ganz.
Also Known As: Charites
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