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Aglaia ( Brilliant ) Thalia ( Flowering ) & Euphrosyne ( Joy ) They presided over Banquets, Dances, all Social Enjoyments & the Elegant Arts. The office of the Graces have been described thus: These three on men all gracious gifts bestow which deck the body or adorn the mind, to make them lovely or well favoured show ; As comely carriage, entertainment kind, sweet semblance, friendly offices that bind, and all the complements of courtesy ; They teach us how to each degree and kind we should ourselves demean, to low, to high, to friends, to foes; which skill men call CIVILITY ! |