EUPHEME
Greek Name
Ευφημη Ευφημια
Transliteration
Euphêmê, Euphêmia
Latin Spelling
Eupheme
Translation
Praise, Acclamation
EUPHEME was the personified spirit (daimona) of praise, acclamation, and shouts of triumph. She and her three sisters--Eukleia (Good Repute), Euthenia (Prosperity) and Philophrosyne (Welcome)--were probably the goddesses known collectively as the younger Kharites (Charites). Her opposite number was Momos (Critique).
PARENTS
HEPHAISTOS & AGLAIA (Orphic Rhapsodies Frag)
SOURCES
GREEK
- Orphica, Theogonies Fragments - Greek Hymns C3rd B.C. - C2nd A.D.
OTHER SOURCES
Other references not currently quoted here: Orphic Fragments.
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