Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2006
* Thanks are due to B. S. Ridgway for many helpful comments and suggestions, and Antonia Holden for allowing me to read parts of her unpublished PhD dissertation. This research was funded by a Faculty Research Development Program Grant from Concordia University. Throughout this article, the term ‘Charites’ refers to the Greek representations, while ‘Graces’ refers to the Roman versions.