Deity, one of the Graces
Inancient Greek religion andmythology ,Euphrosyne (/j uː ˈ f r ɒ z ɪ n iː Ancient Greek :Εὐφροσύνη ,romanized : Euphrosúnē Charites . She was sometimes namedEuthymia (Ancient Greek :Εὐθυμία ,lit. Eutychia (Ancient Greek :Εὐτυχία ,lit. [ 2]
According toHesiod , Euphrosyne and her sistersThalia andAglaea are the daughters ofZeus and theOceanid nymphEurynome .[ 3] Eurydome ,Eurymedousa , orEuanthe ;[ 4] Dionysus andCoronis ;[ 5] Helios and theNaiad Aegle .[ 6]
The Roman authorHyginus , in hisFabulae Nox (Night) andErebus (Darkness).[ 7]
Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth.[ 8] euphrosynos , "merriment".Pindar wrote that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will.[ 9] Aphrodite .[ 10]
In art, Euphrosyne is usually depicted with her sisters dancing.[ 8]
Euphrosyne (left) depicted with her sisters onThe Three Graces sculpture at theHermitage ,Saint Petersburg , Russia Euphrosyne and her sisters' main cult was located inAthens ,Sparta , orBoetia .[ 8] [ 11]
In art and literature [ edit ]
^ Hyginus ,Fabulae Preface.^ Pindar , fr. 155^ Hesiod ,Theogony 907 ^ Cornutus ,Compendium of Greek Theology 15^ Nonnus ,Dionysiaca ^ Pausanias ,9.35.5 ^ Hyginus ,Fabulae Preface .^a b c Larson, Jennifer (2007).Ancient Greek Cults . New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 162– 163.ISBN 978-0415491020 ^ Pindar,Olympian Ode 14.1-20 ^ Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 58 ^ "www.britannica.com" . Retrieved2016-08-31 .^ The Three Graces. Victoria & Albert Museum, 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.^ National Portgrait Gallery ^ "Milton, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso Archived 2019-03-06 at theWayback Machine " ^ Comus, a Mask (Now adapted to the Stage) , London 1738^ New Planetarium Hesiod ,Theogony fromThe Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website .Nonnus of Panopolis ,Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project. Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Pausanias ,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Pindar ,Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Pindar,The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website .
