According to Hesiod and other sources (including Apollodorus), Aglaea was one of the three Charites, along with Euphrosyne (mirth) and Thalia (abundance), who were the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome.
[2][3][4][5] Other sources name the same three Charites (Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia) but give them different parents.
[8][1][4][9][10] According to the Dionysiaca, Aglaea is one of the "dancers of Orchomenus" (i.e. the Charites, per Pindar[7]), along with Pasithea and Peitho, who attend Aphrodite.
When Aphrodite jealously attempts to weave better than Athena, the Charites help her do so, with Aglaea passing her the yarn.
The Orphic Fragments compiled by Otto Kern say that by Hephaestus, Aglaea became mother of Eucleia ("Good Repute"), Eupheme ("Acclaim"), Euthenia ("Prosperity"), and Philophrosyne ("Welcome").