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Eucharis

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Eucharis may refer to:

Organisms

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In the arts

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  • The ballet Euthyme et Eucharis, by Georges Jean Noverre, 1775
  • Eucharis (fiction), a nymph from a fictional adaptation of Greek mythology
  • Eucharis, a poem by Reginald F. Statham
  • "Portrait D'Eucharis", a poem by Antoine Bertin
  • A character in:
    • The novel Roman Death by Joan O'Hagan, 1988
    • The German play Sappho: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Franz Grillparzer
    • A Eucharis is mentioned briefly by Ennio Quirini VISCONTI, in Iconographie Grèque (1809) as being an emancipated actress performing in Greek plays at Rome during the first century AD (p.320, Vol 1). There is debate over when she lived. She died young, perhaps only 14 years old. Some lyrics and poems attest to her charm and talent.

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