mashamorevna:

(GREEK MYTHOLOGY series):

The Charites (or The Graces) were three happy Goddesses of Beauty. They were named: Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia. They were the first ones to welcome Aphrodite when she was blown to shore by the East Wind. The three of them rode in a chariot pulled by white geese. Their name in Greek would have been the Charites. They were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. Originally (as in pre-classical mythology), they were goddesses of fertility and nature and were much more closely associated with the underworld and the Eleusinian mysteries. (x)