εὐφροσύνη,
Epic dialect ἐϋφρ-, ἡ, (εὔφρων) mirth, merriment, γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην παρέχουσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.8, compare 10.465, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of a banquet, good cheer, festivily, οὐ.. τί φημι χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτ᾽ ἐϋφροσύνη μὲν ἔχῃ κατὰ δῆμον ἅπαντα κτλ[[. 9.6, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 449, 482, etc.; κρατὴρ μεστὸς ἐϋφροσύνης 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.4: _plural_, σφισι θυμὸς αἰὲν ἐϋφροσυνῃσιν ἰαίνεται] Refs 6th c.BC+] is cheered with glad thoughts, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.156 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; festivities, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 539, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 377 (both Lyric poetry), etc.: chiefly poetry, used by 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.32, “Ages.” 9.4 (_plural_): in _sing._, [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 80b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: also in later Prose, [[ LXX.Gen.31.27, +others, NT.Act.2.28, 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus 4.50, “PLips.” 119 ii 1 (3rd c.AD), etc.] LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]; εὐ. ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος [[ LXX.Sir.34.28 (31.36). ] LXX]
__II proper name, [[ “Euphrosyne” ] Refs], one of the Graces, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 909, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]