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" In Laconia, where two Charites were worshipped, one of them was called Kleta,{262} “the invoked”, the other Phaenna, “the brilliant”. These were names for goddesses who appeared in the phases of the moon; for during the dark nights of the festivals of the new moon the moon was tumultuously invoked, and the “brilliant one” was tumultuously welcomed.{263} The Athenians, too, knew only two Charites: Auxo, “the waxing”, and Hegemone, “the precursor”; for in the second half of the month the moon precedes the sun. "

Karl Kerényi , The Gods of the Greeks


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Karl Kerényi quote : In Laconia, where two Charites were worshipped, one of them was called Kleta,{262} “the invoked”, the other Phaenna, “the brilliant”. These were names for goddesses who appeared in the phases of the moon; for during the dark nights of the festivals of the new moon the moon was tumultuously invoked, and the “brilliant one” was tumultuously welcomed.{263} The Athenians, too, knew only two Charites: Auxo, “the waxing”, and Hegemone, “the precursor”; for in the second half of the month the moon precedes the sun.