6.the Fates,the three goddesses of destiny in Greek and Roman myth. v.t. 7.to predetermine, as by the decree of fate; destine (used in the passive):a person who was fated to lead the country. [1325–75; Middle English < Latinfātumdestiny] ...
3.FatesGreek & Roman MythologyThe three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who control human destiny. Used withthe. [Middle English, from Old Frenchfat, from Latinfātum,prophecy, doom, from neuter past participle offārī,to speak; seebhā-inIndo-European roots.] ...
Composed of three sisters—Clotho,LachesisandAtropos—theFateswere a trinity of goddesses. They were the personifications of man’s life and destiny. These three immortals decided man’s fate as a singular force: his life, lifespan and death. Consequently, they were in control of the past, t...
in Greek and Romanmythology, the three goddesses who decided what should happen in each person’s life. People sometimes say the Fates are for or against them when things are going well or badly命运三女神〔古希腊、古罗马神话中决定每个人命运的三位女神;人们常将事情顺利与否说成是命运三女神的帮...
Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view....
and the sun god Apollo.Zeus was also father of the three Fates,who controlledhuman life and decided when people should die.EvenZeus could not make them change their decisions.A.According to Greek myths,there was nothing butemptiness at first.B.His youngest child,Zeus,overcame Cronus and ...
“The Greek σοφός (sophos), related to the noun σοφία (sophia), had the meaning ‘skilled’ or ‘wise’ since the time of the poet Homer and originally was used to describe anyone with expertise in a specific domain of knowledge or craft. For example, a charioteer, a...
Roaring Styx [an ally of Zeus] imprisoned it, warned by the three Parcae [Moirai, the Fates], in a black grove with a triple wall. Whoever fed the bull's guts to consuming flames was destined to defeat the eternal gods."Nonnus, Dionysiaca 6. 155 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C...
In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. She was mother of the chief rivers of the universe, such as the Nile, the Alpheus, the Maeander, and about three thousand daughters called the Oceanids. ...
Spinning Fates and The Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin LiteratureThe links between textiles and the span of human life are described by evoking the three Fates who spin, measure and fatally cut ...