Ἄτροπος

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Ἄτροπος is the Greek name for Atropos, the Fate in Greek mythology who cuts the thread of life, determining the moment of death.

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Ἄτροπος canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity
Moirai
personification
alsoKnownAs Aisa NERFINISHED
Atropa NERFINISHED
Atropos NERFINISHED
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony NERFINISHED
Pausanias' Description of Greece NERFINISHED
various Greek tragedies
associatedWith death
fate
irreversibility
necessity
culture Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
describedAs old woman
stern
unyielding
domain end of life
human destiny
equivalentInRomanMythology Morta NERFINISHED
etymologyRoot Greek privative prefix ἀ- (not) and verb τρέπειν (to turn)
function to cut the life-thread spun by Κλωθώ
to end human life at the appointed time
governs length of human life
time of death of mortals
influenced Roman concept of Parcae
languageOfName Ancient Greek
latinName Atropos NERFINISHED
meaningOfName she who cannot be turned
the inflexible one
memberOf the three Moirai NERFINISHED
mythology Greek mythology
opposedConcept free will
parentInOtherTraditions Νύξ NERFINISHED
Ἀνάγκη NERFINISHED
parentInSomeTraditions Ζεύς NERFINISHED
Θέμις NERFINISHED
partOf trio of Fates
positionInTrio third Fate
role cutter of the thread of life
determiner of the moment of death
sister Κλωθώ NERFINISHED
Λάχεσις NERFINISHED
symbol cut thread
scissors
shears

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Atropos greekName Ἄτροπος