Atropos

The three Moirae , part of A Golden Thread, John Strudwick , 1885.

In Greek mythology, Atropos (Άτροπος / Ἄτροπος) was the third of the Moirae. She was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inevitable". She litteraly cut the thread of life, which was spun by Clotho, and measured by Lachesis. Her Roman equivalent was Morta.


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