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Atropos

noun
1.
The Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life.



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Acherontia atropos


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"Atropos" Quotes from Famous Books



... &c.—The owl was the bird of Atropos, the most terrible of the Fates, to whom was entrusted the task of cutting the thread of life. [15] La Fontaine, in a note, asserts that the subject of this fable, however marvellous, was a fact which was actually observed. His commentators, however, think the observers must ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine


Words linked to "Atropos" :   Moirae, Acherontia atropos, Moirai, Greek deity


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