Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, and Philophrosyne

Eucleia (or Euclea), ^[1] Euthenia (or Eustheneia), ^[2] Eupheme, ^[3] and Philophrosyne ^[4] were, according to the fifth-century AD Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus, the daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia: ^[5]

... who render the corporeal-formed nature decorated with beauty. ^[6]

—  Proclus; translation by Thomas Taylor

Martin Litchfield West's includes this genealogy in his reconstruction of the Orphic Rhapsodies, ^[7] calling it "a new idea". ^[8] West describes these four sisters, as being among the several descendants of Zeus (such as Eunomia, Dike, Thalia, and Euphrosyne) who are "personified abstractions of an auspicious character." ^[9]

Notes

1. Ancient Greek: Εὔκλεια ('Good Reputation'), see: RE , s.v. Eukleia 1; Bloch, s.v. Euclea.
2. Ancient Greek: Eυθηνια ('Abundance'), see: LSJ , s.v. εὐθηνία; RE , s.v. Eustheneia; Orphic fr. 182 Kern, p. 213 n. 1.
3. Ancient Greek: Eὐφημη, see: RE , s.vv. Eupheme 1, Eupheme 2; Smith, s.v. Eupheme.
4. Ancient Greek: Φιλοφροσύνη, see Orphic fr. 182 Kern, p. 213.
5. West, pp. 73, 221–222; Proclus, In Plato Timaeus 29a (Taylor, p. 280) [= Orphic fr. 272 II Bernabé, pp. 230–231 = fr. 182 Kern, p. 213 = fr. 140 Abel]; RE , s.vv. Eukleia 1, s.v. Eustheneia, Eupheme 2. Proclus cites as his authority the theologoi, the plural of Ancient Greek : θεολόγος, romanized: theologos, lit.  'one who discourses of the gods', see LSJ , s.v. θεόλογoς, which notes, among other uses, its use "of poets such as Hesiod and Orpheus" citing Aristotle, Metaphysics 1000a.9, and "of cosmologists (like the Orphics)" citing Aristotle, Metaphysics 1071b.27.
6. Taylor, p. 280.
7. West, pp. 73, 221.
8. West, p. 222.
9. West, p. 221.

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