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Venus / The Graces / The Horae
Venus
also: Vénusz, Aphrodite, Gráciák, Hórák, Charites
Venus (Aphrodite) and her traditional companions the Graces and Horae: in classical art the paradigmatic figures of female charm and beauty. In Madách's essay they represent the positive pole of the female ideal, opposed to the Bacchantes and Furies.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 the Graces
The three Graces (Charites) of Greek myth — Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia — personifications of charm, beauty, and festivity, standard companions of Aphrodite/Venus in ancient art.
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 the Horae
The Horae (Hours) were goddesses of the seasons and natural order in Greek myth; as guardians of Olympus's gates they also appear as companions of the love-goddesses in ancient iconography.