Atropos
One of the Three Fates in ancient Greek religion, often depicted as a hag. Atropos is part of the trio of goddesses who control human destiny and fate.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- One of the Three Fates in ancient Greek religion, often depicted as a hag.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Fates, Laima, Parcae, Deivės Valdytojos, Norns, Rodzanice, Gulses, Wyrd, Rožanicy, Sudičky, Narenčnice, Rodjenice, Sudjenice, Rojenice, Melinoe, Hyperion, Nyx, Calliope, Medea, Minthe, Clotho, Lachesis, Eurynome, Metis, Eirene, Leto, Muses, Eunomia, Dike, Mnemosyne, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Brigid, Cailleach, Mara, Baba Yaga, Night Hag, Peg Powler, Grindylow, Jenny Greenteeth, Nelly Longarms, The Cailleachan, Erinyes, Hecate, Amphitrite, Eos, Persephone, Gaia, Apollo, Artemis, Hera, Uranus, Athena, Demeter
- serves
- Ananke
- aspect of
- Moirai
- syncretized with
- Athrpa
Mentioned by
- Brigid
- Cailleach
- Mara
- Baba Yaga
- Night Hag
- Peg Powler
- Grindylow
- Jenny Greenteeth
- Nelly Longarms
- The Cailleachan
- Erinyes
- Hecate
- Amphitrite
- Eos
- Persephone
- Gaia
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“In ancient Greek religion, the Three Fates (particularly Atropos) are often depicted as hags.”
#6565 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Hesiod's Theogony, the Moirai are said to "give mortal men both good and ill" and their names are listed as Klotho ("Spinner"), Lachesis ("Apportioner"), and Atropos ("Inflexible"). In his Republic, Plato records that Lachesis sings of the past, Klotho of the present, and Atropos of the future.”
#26941 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Lakhesis (Lachesis), and Klotho (Clotho), and Atropos (Atropus), who sang in unison with the music of the Seirenes... Atropos the things that are to be”
#27586 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“and Atropos, the cutter of the thread, to end the mortal's life.”
#43285 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the three Moirai: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.”
#45293 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free