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Aglaea () or Aglaïa (; (ギリシア語:Ἀγλαΐα) "splendor, brilliant, shining one") is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, the best known of which is one of the three Charites or Graces. ==As a Charis or Grace== Aglaea is the Greek goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence and adornment.〔 She is the youngest of the Charites or Graces, although Homer knew of a younger Charis or Grace named ''Pasithea'' ("Hallucination"). Aglaea is one of three daughters of Zeus and either the Oceanid'' Eurynome'', or of ''Eunomia'', the goddess of good order and lawful conduct. Her two sisters are Euphrosyne, the goddess of joy or mirth, and Thalia, the goddess of festivity and rich banquets.〔Hesiod, ''Theogony'' 907〕〔''Bibliotheca'' 1. 3. 1〕 Together they are known as the Three Graces, or the Charites,〔Pindar, Olympian Ode 14. 1 ff〕 and as such they attended Aphrodite, the goddess of love, with Aglaea sometimes acting as her messenger.〔Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 24. 261 ff〕 Aglaea was also known as ''Charis'' ("the Grace") and ''Cale'' ("Beauty").〔Theoi.com: Kharis Algaia http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/KharisAglaia.html〕 Aglaea was married to Hephaestus after his divorce from Aphrodite,〔Hesiod, ''Theogony'' 945〕 and by him became mother of Eucleia ("Good Repute"), Eupheme ("Acclaim"), Euthenia ("Prosperity"), and Philophrosyne ("Welcome").〔Orphic Rhapsodies (fragments)〕 The asteroid 47 Aglaja is named for her, as is the butterfly genus Aglais Dalman, 1816. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aglaea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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