Motif
Divine triad of sister personifications
divine_triad_of_sister_personifications
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE MUSES. / PEGASUS. / THE HESPERIDES. / CHARITES (GRATIAE) GRACES.; lines 5205-5246 confidence: high
The passage introduces the Charites/Graces as three lovely sisters, Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia, and gives their parentage as Zeus and Eurynome, or in later writers Dionysus and Aphrodite.
The Graces are presented as three named sisters who personify gentler attributes that beautify and refine human existence.
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