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|Text=[[Χάριτες]], αἱ.
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|lshtext=<b>Chărĭtes</b>: um, f., = [[Χάριτες]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[Charites]] or Graces ([[pure]] Lat. [[Gratiae]]), usu. [[three]], [[Aglaia]], [[Euphrosyne]], and [[Thalia]] (cf., [[however]], Lidd. and Scott under the [[word]]), Ov. F. 5, 219; Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 4; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.—In [[sing]]. acc. Gr. Charita, one of the Graces, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.
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|gf=<b>Chărĭtes</b>,¹⁶ um, f., les [[Charites]], les Grâces : Ov. F. 5, 219 ; v. [[Charis]].
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|wketx=[[File:Sandro Botticelli - Three Graces in Primavera.jpg|thumb|The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera in the Uffizi Gallery.]]
In Greek mythology, a [[Charis]] (/ˈkeɪrɪs/; Greek: [[Χάρις]]) or [[Grace]] is one of three or more minor goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, together known as the [[Charites]] /ˈkærɪtiːz/ (Χάριτες) or [[Graces]]. The usual list, from oldest to youngest, (as given in Hesiod) is [[Aglaea]] ("Splendor"), [[Euphrosyne]] ("Good Cheer"), and [[Thalia]] ("Festivity"). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Graces". In some variants, Charis was one of the Graces and was not the singular form of their name.

The Charites were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, though they were also said to be daughters of Dionysus and Aphrodite or of Helios and the naiad Aegle. Other possible names of their mother by Zeus are Eurydome, Eurymedousa, and Euanthe. Homer wrote that they were part of the retinue of Aphrodite. The Charites were also associated with the Greek underworld and the Eleusinian Mysteries.

The river Cephissus near Delphi was sacred to the three goddesses.
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