Aglaia

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A·gla·ia

 (ə-glā′ə, -glī′-)
n. Greek Mythology
One of the three Graces.

Aglaia

(əˈɡlaɪə)
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(Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of the three Graces
[Greek: splendour, from aglaos splendid]
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Noun1.Aglaia - (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Grace - (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors
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907-911) And Eurynome, the daughter of Ocean, beautiful in form, bare him three fair-cheeked Charites (Graces), Aglaea, and Euphrosyne, and lovely Thaleia, from whose eyes as they glanced flowed love that unnerves the limbs: and beautiful is their glance beneath their brows.
945-946) And Hephaestus, the famous Lame One, made Aglaea, youngest of the Graces, his buxom wife.
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His five daughters (Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Aglaea and Panacea) represent five aspects of good health and healing.
A short journey through the history of medical ethics/Kratko putovanje krozistoriju medicinske etike

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