Kale (mythology)

Greek goddess

For the moon of Jupiter, see Kale (moon).

The Three Graces, by Antonio Canova (Hermitage, St. Petersburg)

Kale (Ancient Greek: Καλη, or Cale, 'Beauty'), also known as Kalleis (Greek: Καλλεις, or Calleis[1]), in ancient Greek religion, was one of the Charites (Graces), daughters of Zeus (Jupiter). Kale is the wife of Hephaestus according to some authors (although most have Aphrodite play that role). Cale was also known as Charis and Aglaea.[citation needed]

## Mythology

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The name Kale in this passage has led some to conclude that Homer mentions two Charites, Pasithea and Kale, which seems to be a forced separation of three words: Pasi thea kale, meaning ‘the goddess who is beautiful to all men’.[2][3][4]

Sostratus (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1665) relates that Aphrodite and the three Charites, Pasithea, Kale and Euphrosyne, disputed about their beauty with one another, and when Teiresias awarded the prize to Kale he was changed by Aphrodite into an old woman, but Kale rewarded him with a beautiful head of hair and took him to Crete.[5]

## References

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* Ancient Greece portal
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1. ^ The Anacreontea, Fragment 19 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek lyric II)
2. ^ Adrian Room (2003), Who's Who in Classical Mythology, p. 80 ISBN 0-517-22256-6 [1]
3. ^ William Smith (1849), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol.1, p. 686 [2]
4. ^ Robert Graves (1992), The Greek myths, p. 55 - p. 373 ISBN 0-140-17199-1 [3]
5. ^ David E. Falkner (2011). The Mythology of the Night Sky: An Amateur Astronomer's Guide to the Ancient Greek and Roman Legends. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-4614-0136-0 [4]

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