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... it should seem, to favor the patroness of images. [1119] Yet the blind son of Irene survived many years, oppressed by the court and forgotten by the world; the Isaurian dynasty was silently extinguished; and the memory of Constantine was recalled only by the nuptials of his daughter Euphrosyne with the ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon

... over the banquet, the dance, and all social enjoyments and elegant arts. They were three in number. Their names were Euphrosyne, ...

— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch

... marvelous picture of life in the Levant, and in the whole Turkish Empire, as far as Arabia, as it was about the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. In this work truth and fiction are most happily blended; the episodes, especially that of Euphrosyne, may be placed, without disparagement, beside the novels of Cervantes, and strike far deeper chords in the human heart than the creations of Walter Scott. Kingsley's Hypatia, alone of modern works, is worthy to be named along with it. That, indeed, is a marvelous ...

— Debit and Credit - Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag • Gustav Freytag

... sisters, Aglaia (the brilliant), Euphrosyne (cheerfulness), and Thalia (bloom of life). They were the daughters ...

— Palamon and Arcite • John Dryden

... pressed out from the mob behind and walked up the court like a goddess, like Portia, by Jove, like Euphrosyne. 'Let no one dare to touch me,' she said. 'I am Lady Tybar. Every one knows me here. I've just come in. Just heard. This shameful business. All of you killing him between you.' She pointed a hand at Twyning. 'And you. I tell you before all this court, ...

— If Winter Comes • A.S.M. Hutchinson

Words linked to "Euphrosyne" : Greek mythology, grace