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Prayer to Charites, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia

Charites · Aglaia · Euphrosyne · Thalia
Hear me, illustrious Kharites, mighty named, from Zeus descended, and Eunomia famed, Thalia and Aglaia fair and bright, and blest Euphrosyne, whom joys delight: mothers of mirth; all lovely to the view, pleasure abundant, pure, belongs to you: various, for ever flourishing and fair, desired by mortals, much invoked in prayer; circling, dark-eyed, delightful to mankind, come, and you mystics' bless with bounteous mind.
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AuthorAnonymous (Orphic corpus)
WorkOrphic Hymns
Section60 (to the Charites)
PeriodHellenistic to Roman imperial (3rd c. BC – 2nd c. AD)
OccasionOrphic hymn to the three Graces with fumigation of storax
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formhymn
DeitiesCharites, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia
Functionsinvocation · petition
Sphereliterary