Note 271 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Χάρισιν. The Graces of Heathen mythology were ladies of great influence: simplicity of manners, gracefulness of deportment, gaiety of disposition, liberality, eloquence, and wisdom, were all derived from them:
Pindar. Olymp. L. xiv. 6.
σὺν γὰρ ὑμῖν τὰ τερπνὰ καὶ τὰ γλυκέα γίνεται πάντα βροτοῖς· εἰ σοφὸς, εἰ καλὸς, εἴ τις ἀγλαὸς ἀνήρ.
Hesiodi D. G. vs. 64.
In the Theogony they “keep their court with the God of Love,” and revel in banquets; and in Horace’s supplicatory Ode to Venus, they are associated with the “Regina Cnidi Paphique,” Cupid, the Nymphs, Hebe, and Mercury:
Carm. L. i. Od. 31. vs. 5.
Fervidus tecum puer, et solutis Gratiæ zonis, properentque Nymphæ, Et parùm comis sine te Juventas, Mercuriusque.