Lakhesis

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Lakhesis is one of the three Moirai, maiden daughter of Ananke. She sits on a throne clad in white vestments with a filleted head and sings of the things that were (the past). She is one of the three Fates who control destiny.

When

First attested
400 BCE
Attested period
-500 – -400
Historical notes
Named by Plato in Republic as one of the three Fates, 5th-4th century BCE.

Relationships

sibling of
Atropos, Klotho, Moirai
serves
Ananke
aspect of
Moirai
co occurs with
Erinyes

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Lakhesis (Lachesis), and Klotho (Clotho), and Atropos (Atropus), who sang in unison with the music of the Seirenes, Lakhesis singing the things that were... Lakhesis, the maiden daughter of Ananke”

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