Aglaea
Aglaea is a member of the Charites who, according to Hesiod, is married to Hephaestus. In the Dionysiaca, she is referred to generically as 'the Charis' when carrying out orders from Aphrodite. She explicitly refers to Charis as a separate and less loyal attendant of Aphrodite when speaking to Eros.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2024
- Historical notes
- Named by Hesiod (8th-7th century BCE) and appears in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century CE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gratiae, Pasithea, Auxo, Hegemone, Cleta, Phaenna, Kale, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Ares, Hera, Oceanus, Peitho, Typhon, Thetis, Hebe, Harmonia, Charis, Artemis (Diana), Athena, Leto, Gaia, Apollo, Artemis, Uranus, Demeter, Persephone, Atropos, Metis, Themis, Eirene, Muses, Eunomia, Dike, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis
- serves
- Aphrodite
- consort of
- Hephaestus
- aspect of
- Charites
- sibling of
- Euphrosyne, Thalia
- allied with
- Euphrosyne, Thalia
- child of
- Eurynome, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Zeus, Helios, Aegle
Mentioned by
- Ares
- Hera
- Oceanus
- Peitho
- Typhon
- Thetis
- Hebe
- Harmonia
- Charis
- Artemis (Diana)
- Athena
- Leto
- Gaia
- Apollo
- Artemis
- Uranus
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“Hesiod names the member of the Charites who is married to Hephaestus as Aglaea...Aglaea appears in the Dionysiaca, and although she is referred to generically as 'the Charis' when carrying out orders from Aphrodite”
#27875 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Hesiod names the wife of Hephaestus as Aglaea. In the Iliad, she is called Charis, and she welcomes Thetis into their shared home on Olympus.”
#28058 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“The Daughters of Helios or Three Graces depicts the three Charites - Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia - who in some accounts are the daughters of Helios and the naiad Aegle.”
#41424 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the three Charites: Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia.”
#45295 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free