In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα), Pasithee or Pasitheia, was one of the Graces and the wife of Hypnos. In the Dionysiaca, the epic poem of Nonnus (fifth century CE), she is one of the three attendant Graces of Aphrodite.
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👉 Pasithea in the context of Pasithea (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα or Πασιθέη Pasitheê, possibly meaning 'the one who runs to all' or 'the Goddess revered by all') may refer to the following figures:
- Pasithea, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.
- Pasithea, one of the younger Charites, the consort of Sleep (Hypnos).
- Pasithea, a naiad who was married to King Erichthonius of Athens and by him the mother of Pandion I and others. Usually, her name is given as Praxithea.
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Pasithea in the context of Charites
In Greek mythology, the Charites (/ˈkærɪtiːz/; Ancient Greek: Χάριτες), singular Charis (Χάρις), also called the Graces, are goddesses who personify beauty and grace. According to Hesiod, the Charites were Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, the daughter of Oceanus. However in other accounts, their names, number and parentage varied. In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae. Hesiod has Aglaea as the wife of Hephaestus, and in the Iliad Hera promises to give a Charis named Pasithea to Hypnos as bride. Otherwise they have little independent mythology, usually described as attending various gods and goddesses, especially Aphrodite.
In Roman and later art, the three Charites are generally depicted nude in an interlaced group, but during the Archaic and Classical periods of Greece, they were typically depicted as fully clothed, and in a line, with dance poses.