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Euphrosyne usually refers to a Greek goddess, and is a Greek female name; Phroso or Froso is its more common derivative. Euphrosyne may also refer to:

• 31 Euphrosyne, one of the largest main belt asteroids
• Boloria euphrosyne, the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly
• Euphrosyne (plant), a genus of flowering plants
• Euphrosine (annelid), a genus of Polychaete marine worms (with alternative spellings in literature)

People named Euphrosyne

• Eufrosyne Abrahamson (1836–1869), Swedish soprano
• Euphrosyne of Alexandria ( fl. 5th century), legendary virgin
• Euphrosyne (9th century) (c. 790–after 836), Byzantine Empress
• Euphrosyne Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus
• Euphrosyne of Opole (died 1292), wife of Casimir I of Kuyavia, and later of Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
• Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (1155–1211), Byzantine empress
• Euphrosyne of Kiev (c. 1130–c. 1193), wife of king Géza II of Hungary
• Euphrosyne of Bulgaria (died before 1308), first wife of tzar Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria
• Euphrosyne Löf (1772–1828), Swedish actor
• Euphrosyne of Polatsk (1110–1173), Belarusian saint
• Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (1836–1874), Scottish soprano
• Saint Euphrosyne of Moscow (died 1407), Grand Duchess of Muscovy
• Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet who wrote under the name of "Euphrosyne"

People with alternate spellings

• Afrosinya (1700–1748), mistress of the son of Peter the Great of Russia
• Eufrosina Cruz (born 1979), Mexican activist
• Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken (1625–1687)
• Eufrozyna, the Polish form of the name

Other Uses

• Euphrosyne (ship) a paddle steamer created by David Napier for pleasure trips on Loch Lomond in 1830s and 40s.

See also

• Euphrosine, 1790 opera by Étienne Méhul

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