three graces

Aglaia and sisters

The three graces are figures from Greek mythology—Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia—goddesses embodying beauty, charm, and joy.

In art, they appear as three women in flowing robes or nude, often dancing or embracing.

The phrase extends to any trio of qualities or people representing elegance and harmony: She moved with the poise of the three graces.

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charm · elegance · eternal youth · dance · circle dance · linked arms · sisterhood · Botticelli · Venus · nymphs · muses · classical · ancient art · drapery · flowing · flowing robes · intertwined · joy

Opposites
mythological function

three gracesErinyes

Greek vengeance deities

Medusa · the Fates · Hecate · Nemesis

symbolic quality

three gracesugliness

Displeasing appearance quality

discord · Eris · gracelessness · horror · repulsion

aesthetic/moral quality

three gracesugliness

Displeasing appearance quality

discord · gracelessness · coarseness · crudeness · hideousness

Family

three, grace, graces, thrice, third, thirds, thirdly, thirteen, thirteenth

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