The Hours

In the story of Cupid and Psyche are a couple references to the Hours, and I was curious who they were. So, I wikied them, and they're pretty much what they sound like, tutelary goddesses of the time of day. They are
Auge - first light
Anatole - sunrise
Mousika - the morning hour of music an study
Gymnastika - the morning hour of gymnastics/exercise
Nymphe - the morning hour of ablutions or bathing
Mesembria - noon
Sponde - libations poured after lunch
Elete - prayer, the first of the afternoon work hours
Akte - eating and pleasure, the second of the afternoon work hours
Hesperis - evening (is this where we get vespers maybe?)
Dysis - sunset
Arktos - last light

At the end of Cupid and Psyche, they decorate "the palace with red roses and other bridal flowers" (142). I'm not sure that there's a connection between decorating and being goddesses of certain times of day, but apparently they're helpers.

There were other "generations" of Horae, the first of which were goddesses of the seasons and the second of social stability. So, there you have it, in case you were wondering who the Hours were, too.