Three Graces (band)
The Three Graces may refer to: * Charites, three goddesses in Greek mythology (Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia), in whom beauty was deified Arts and entertainment Paintings * The Three Graces (Cranach), ''The Three Graces'' (Cranach), a 1531 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder * Three Graces (Raphael), ''Three Graces'' (Raphael), a 16th-century painting by Raphael * The Three Graces (Rubens, Florence), ''The Three Graces'' (Rubens, Florence), a 1620–1623 painting by Peter Paul Rubens * The Three Graces (Rubens, Madrid), ''The Three Graces'' (Rubens, Madrid), a 1630–1635 painting by Rubens * ''The Three Graces'', a painting by Michael Parkes * ''Three Women with Parasols'', also known as ''The Three Graces'', an 1880 painting by Marie Bracquemond * Primavera (Botticelli), ''Primavera'' (Botticelli), a 15th-century painting by Sandro Botticelli Sculptures * The Three Graces (Canova), ''The Three Graces'' (Canova), a 19th-century neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova * ''The Th ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Charites
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")Hesiod, ''Theogony''907 ff – and names Aglaea as the youngest and the wife of Hephaestus. In Roman mythology they were known as the , 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 Charites were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome. Rarely, they were said to be daughters of Dionysus and Coronis or of Helios and the Naiad AeglePausanias, ''Description of Greece''9.35.5 or of Hera by an unnamed father. Other possible names of their mother by Zeus are Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe. Homer identified them as part of the retinue of Aphrodite. The Charites were also associa ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]