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Answer for the clue "(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces ", 10 letters:
euphrosyne

Word definitions for euphrosyne in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Euphrosyne is a Greek female name; Phroso or Froso is its more common derivative. Euphrosyne may refer to: 31 Euphrosyne , one of the largest main belt asteroids Boloria euphrosyne , the Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly Euphrosyne (genus) , a genus of ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
name of one of the three Graces in Greek mythology, via Latin, from Greek Euphrosyne , literally "mirth, merriment," from euphron "cheerful, merry, of a good mind," from eu "well, good" (see eu- ) + phren (genitive phrenos ) "mind," which is of unknown ...

Usage examples of euphrosyne.

Lying alone in bed at night, with Lefty out working, Desdemona tried to recall the details of these stories, but it was too long ago and now Euphrosyne Stephanides was dead and there was no one to ask.

Many of the girls chattered a little broken French, and one of them, Miss Euphrosyne De Lacy, had been half educated in Paris, so that she had all the phrases which are to social operators what his cutting instruments are to the surgeon.