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Nudes
Three Graces
"I checked a few different sources for info on the 3 graces, and all I could find is that they are
continually anointing mortals, making them appear extremely beautiful and immortal to their pursuers.
But I couldn't find why there are three of them or why they are called "graces". I think there is some
conflation with the Erinyes, who hounded Orestes after he murdered his mom, but then he sacrificed to
them and they became Eumenides, and at the same time he sacrificed to the Graces. They are
benevolent goddesses - that much I can say for certain."
-- My classics nerd friend (Ph.D. from Princeton)
At right is a copy of a classical statue at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Below, in declining order of fidelity
to the classical traditional, are my interpretations of the theme.
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