Thursday, February 11, 2010

Botticelli's Primavera


Left to right: Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora, Chloris, Zephyrus.

  • Mercury, also Hermes the trickster
  • The Three Graces: Aglaea (goddess of beauty), Euphrosyne (goddess of mirth), and Thalia (goddess of good cheer)-- all three are associated with the underworld and the Eleusinian mysteries
  • Venus, also Aphrodite, goddess of love
  • Flora, goddess of flowers and springtime (also Chloris)
  • Chloris (Greek version of Flora)
  • Zephyrus, west wind, fructifying wind, bringer of springtime

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