The Three
Graces: They are the beautiful sister Goddesses who attended Aphrodite,
the Goddess of love, and were personifications of grace and beauty.
They spread the joy of nature and lived on Mount Olympus. Their names, number
and parentage vary, but they are generally said to be three sisters named
Euphrosyne, who represented jollity, Thalia identified with abundance, and
Aglaea, a representation of splendor.
They are daughters of Zeus and Eurynome or Hera, who have influenced artists
throughout the ages depicted in sculpture and vase paintings by the ancient
Greeks, in Roman wall paintings at Pompeii, in Botticelli's allegorical painting
known as Springtime, and in a marble statue carved by Canova.
In art they are frequently represented as naked girls with their hands on each
other's shoulders, the two outer figures looking one way and the middle one
looking the other.
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