god
the Graces
Graces
also: Χάριτες, Charites
Goddesses of beauty and charm who dance with Apollo and the Muses on Olympus (Hymn 3), set Artemis's dances in order (Hymn 27), and bathe and anoint Aphrodite at Paphos (Hymn 5).
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §3.134 Graces
Goddesses of beauty and charm who dance with Apollo and the Muses on Olympus (Hymn 3), set Artemis's dances in order (Hymn 27), and bathe and anoint Aphrodite at Paphos (Hymn 5).
- The Odyssey §6.1 the Graces
Goddesses who bestow beauty and charm. The two handmaids sleeping at Nausicaa's doorposts are said to have their looks from them, and in Book 8 they bathe and anoint Aphrodite at Paphos.