Aglaia : one of the three Graces (q.v.), daughters of Zeus & Eurynome who personified beauty & charm; often associated with the Muses: Dionysus, Eros, & Aphrodite the Greek divinities of arts & sciences.
... order of age: Ariadne 19 years old, Phebe 16, Aglaia 13. All three (singing as they trip along) Everywhere within the air Sweet melodies of love; Honey-bees within the trees, Birds in the sky above... Everywhere... within... the air... Seeing Demeter Aglaia stops abruptly, then the other two. Aglaia (whispering) Look, Phebe, someone's sitting... looks though she seems old. But it's a stranger sure, no one we know. Aglaia Shall I go speak to her? She seems so lone And lost, and sad. Where will she go tonight In this unpeopled place? Shall I ask her? Ariadne (wise and steady) Yes, do, Aglaia, surely we should ask. Aglaia (advancing) Mother... (hesitates) how came you here? And who are you? ... drink. Aglaia (suddenly moved) Oh, certainly, dear Mother, just a minute. Page 46 (Turning) Quick, Phebe, draw, she needs some water, quick. They draw. Aglaia takes the pot to Demeter who cups her hands and drinks. Demeter Zeus bless you children... But, pray, tell me now What place this is - for I have wandered far. Aglaia Tell her, Ariadne ...
... Euphrosyne Child of the infant years, Euphrosyne, Bird of my boyhood, youth's blithe deity! If I have hymned thee not with lyric phrase, Preferring Eros or Aglaia's praise, Frown not, thou lovely spirit, leave me not. Man worships the ungrasped. His vagrant thought Still busy with the illimitable void Lives all the time by little things upbuoyed Which he ...
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