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Aphrodite is ready for #FannyFriday 👌

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Aphrodite is ready for #FannyFriday 👌

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Smartphones over Aphrodite

Athens, Greece
Tourists are unmoved by the Aphrodite of Syracuse, a statue of the goddess of love and beauty in ancient Greek mythology, at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

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Smartphones over Aphrodite

Athens, Greece
Tourists are unmoved by the Aphrodite of Syracuse, a statue of the goddess of love and beauty in ancient Greek mythology, at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

#photography
#Greece
#sculptures
#Aphrodite
#smartphones
#AltText

Did you know that pomegranates were also sacred to Aphrodite?

You probably already knew they were sacred to Persephone.

#goddesssongs #Aphrodite

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Love confused you lately?
Aphrodite has a direct message for your heart. For $15, receive a personal love reading with quick answers, clear guidance, and divine truth. If you need clarity fast, this is for you.

#lovereading #lovemessage #lovemessages #Aphrodite

💥BATTLE DER GIGANTEN💥

Zwei Figuren aus der griechischen Mythologie treten gegeneinander an und ihr entscheidet wer gewinnt!
Wer ist stärker? Und wieso? Wer hat die fieseren Tricks?

Heute:
💖Love vs Wauwau🐶

...3...2...1...FIGHT!💥

#daschaosundseinekinder #battledergiganten #olympia #olympischespiele #herz #aphrodite #Götter #tier #Göttin #kampf #wergewinnt #griechischemythologie #chaos #cerberus #zerberos #antike #mythen #kerberos

💥BATTLE DER GIGANTEN💥

Zwei Figuren aus der griechischen Mythologie treten gegeneinander an und ihr entscheidet wer gewinnt!
Wer ist stärker? Und wieso? Wer hat die fieseren Tricks?

Heute:
💖Love vs Wauwau🐶

...3...2...1...FIGHT!💥

#daschaosundseinekinder #battledergiganten #olympia #olympischespiele #herz #aphrodite #Götter #tier #Göttin #kampf #wergewinnt #griechischemythologie #chaos #cerberus #zerberos #antike #mythen #kerberos

💥BATTLE DER GIGANTEN💥

Zwei Figuren aus der griechischen Mythologie treten gegeneinander an und ihr entscheidet wer gewinnt!
Wer ist stärker? Und wieso? Wer hat die fieseren Tricks?

Heute:
💖Love vs Wauwau🐶

...3...2...1...FIGHT!💥

#daschaosundseinekinder #battledergiganten #olympia #olympischespiele #herz #aphrodite #Götter #tier #Göttin #kampf #wergewinnt #griechischemythologie #chaos #cerberus #zerberos #antike #mythen #kerberos

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Unicursal WINE WOMAN SONG Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information

https://hermetic.com/information/wine-woman-song/index

#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #EnergizedEnthusiasm #wine #woman #song #Dionysius #Apollo #Aphrodite #sex #drugs #RockNRoll

Unicursal WINE WOMAN SONG Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information

https://hermetic.com/information/wine-woman-song/index

#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #EnergizedEnthusiasm #wine #woman #song #Dionysius #Apollo #Aphrodite #sex #drugs #RockNRoll

Aphrodite keeps her backside nice and callipygous while threatening her son Eros with her chancla...

A beautiful #BumDayMonday to y'all.

#GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #Eros #ReverseNotObverse

Aphrodite keeps her backside nice and callipygous while threatening her son Eros with her chancla...

A beautiful #BumDayMonday to y'all.

#GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #Eros #ReverseNotObverse

Bring the Greek goddess of love to life on your altar with the help of our Pink Opal Small Aphrodite Statue. These beautiful miniature carvings are intensely detailed and made from pink opal, a peaceful stone that embodies loving encouragement.

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Keep your sacred sea items safe with our Tiffany Shell Altar Box. Made from a real clam shell and a mosaic of iridescent shell chips, it's the perfect place for your Sea Witch charms, offerings, or Aphrodite‑kissed keepsakes.

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Feel sexy and confident with the help of our exclusive Aphrodite Herb Blend. Add this blend of rose, orange, hibiscus, orris root, and damiana to your bath water or body oils, or burn it as incense to invoke the Goddess of Love's energies.

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Bring Aphrodite to your sacred space with our exclusive Aphrodite Altar Card & Coin Set. This soft-touch card and metal coin are both two-sided, giving you quick access to the Greek goddess of love's strengths, correspondences, & energy.

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✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Venus #Aphrodite

✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨

What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome #AncientGreece #Venus #Aphrodite

Soak yourself in loving vibes with our exclusive Aphrodite Bath Bomb. With romantic scents and rose petals, this luxurious bathtime treat is a great way to unwind and infuse yourself with confidence, charisma, and self-love.

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Ready to feel sexy and empowered? Our exclusive Aphrodite Goddess Perfume Oil can help you feel confident and attractive. The Greek goddess of love & beauty is at your side, passing her beguiling energies onto you when you most need them.

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Create a romantic atmosphere with the help of our exclusive Aphrodite Goddess Mini Jar Candle. Using her signature scent blend of orange, jasmine, and rose can boost your confidence, invite romantic love, and encourage self-love.

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hello everyone! my name is Mel and I'll be your server owner today...

I'm a 30something applied computer science student with a focus in web development and #Linux. I wanted to create this instance primarily so I'd have a social media presence without having to, yknow, sell my data or put up with bigoted admins.

I'm also #Pagan, specifically of the #Hellenic variety. I work primarily with #Hermes, but also #Apollon and #Aphrodite.

#introduction

hello everyone! my name is Mel and I'll be your server owner today...

I'm a 30something applied computer science student with a focus in web development and #Linux. I wanted to create this instance primarily so I'd have a social media presence without having to, yknow, sell my data or put up with bigoted admins.

I'm also #Pagan, specifically of the #Hellenic variety. I work primarily with #Hermes, but also #Apollon and #Aphrodite.

#introduction

Am 9. und 10. März Live in München zu sehen! 🥳

💫 Sophias Blick auf das Chaos der Götter💫

📍19h - Abgussmuseum in München

🎟️Tickets per Mail: [email protected]

Dank fürs Videomaterial an Kamil Janus!

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Visitations of love that come
   Raging and violent on a man
   Bring him neither good repute nor goodness.
   But if Aphrodite descends in gentleness
   No other goddess brings such delight.
 
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν
   οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν: εἰ δ᾽ ἅλις ἔλθοι
   Κύπρις, οὐκ ἄλλα θεὸς εὔχαρις οὕτως.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 627ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82200/

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Today, something #pagan from me
(a thread).
Valentine’s day is a day of #Aphrodite for me, whom I venerate - or as some modern pagans like to say, whom I work with. There is also a pagan group called the Cult of Aphrodite Asteria, which has moved the ancient Feast of Eros to Valentine's Day (see text in image).

1/x

#Valentinesday

The sunbeam was welcome and unexpected. 📸 by me #photography #statue #mythology #folklore #bamboo #landscape #sunbeam #aphrodite

Claudius flexing on those plebs 💪

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1695623/claudius-flexing-on-those-plebs

Claudius flexing on those plebs 💪

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1695619/claudius-flexing-on-those-plebs

Have a beautiful first Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday. May the new year bring love and pleasure into your life 🌹

"There is at hand a good relish, very inviting, and Thasian wine and ointment and fillets. For Kypris [Aphrodite] dwells where plenty is, but among those who are hard up Aphrodite will not stay."
Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1.28

🏛 Celestial Venus, Roman sculpture, 2-3rd Century CE

#DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"The one who strengthens someone in pain,
Who comforts a young one in love,
Who makes the dancer beautiful over drinks,
That god has descended to the ground,
Offering a calming lovespell for mortals,
A medicine against grief,
The vine’s child, wine."
Anacreonta 56

🏛 #Aphrodite crowning a Herm of #Dionysos, Myrina 150-100 BCE

#DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"They say that when Ariadne wed Liber [Dionysos] on the island of Dia, and all the gods gave her wedding gifts, she first received this crown as a gift from Venus [Aphrodite] and the Horae."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.5

🏛 #Aphrodite, Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Praxiteles from #Ostia, Italy

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#DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"They say that when Ariadne wed Liber [Dionysos] on the island of Dia, and all the gods gave her wedding gifts, she first received this crown as a gift from Venus [Aphrodite] and the Horae."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.5

🏛 #Aphrodite, Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Praxiteles from #Ostia, Italy

📸 M Harrsch
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/8428695066/in/photostream/

#DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #Aphrodite #antiquidons #history

Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️

"One day Ares came in from the battlefield brandishing a strong spear and began to make fun of Eros' weapon. Eros said ‘This one is heavy : try it and you will see.’ Ares took the javelin, while Kypris [Aphrodite] smiled quietly."
The Anacreontea, Fragment 28

🏛 Ares and #Aphrodite, 3rd century Roman #mosaic from Philipopolis, modern Shahba, #Syria

#DayOfAres #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Ares #history #antiquidons #MosaicMonday

Psychic Force 2 X Aphrodite (Stalker) [VIDEO CLIP MUSIC © GAME ONE] (2000)

#soundtrack #PsychicForce2 #PS1 #2000 #Aphrodite #Stalker #1999 #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #clip #videoclip #videoclipmusic #GAMEONE

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Moirai

In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.

There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.

The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.

Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.

The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.

The Moirai are:

• Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
• Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
• Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).

In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.

In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.

In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.

Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.

In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).

The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.

As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.

The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.

In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.

In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”

In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.

The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.

The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.

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Moirai

In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.

There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.

The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.

Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.

The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.

The Moirai are:

• Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
• Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
• Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).

In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.

In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.

In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.

Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.

In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).

The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.

As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.

The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.

In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.

In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”

In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.

The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.

The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.

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Moirai

In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.

There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.

The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.

Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.

The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.

The Moirai are:

• Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
• Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
• Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).

In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.

In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.

In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.

Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.

In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).

The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.

As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.

The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.

In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.

In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”

In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.

The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.

The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.

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Moirai

In ancient Greek religion & mythology, the Moirai (a.k.a. in English as the Fates) were the personification of destiny.

There were 3 sisters named: Clotho, who was the spinner; Lachesis, who was the allotter; & Atropos, who was the inevitable, a symbol for death. Their Roman equals are the Parcae.

The Moirai’s role was to make sure that every being, mortal & divine, lived out their destinies. For mortals, this destiny went their entire lives & is pictured as a thread spun from a spindle. A spindle is the thing that Sleeping Beauty touched to become Sleeping Beauty.

Usually, they were considered to be above even the gods, in their role as enforcers of Fate. Zeus was even scared of them. Even though, in some stories, Zeus is able to command them. But these are rare.

The word Moirai (also spelt Moirae or Moerae) comes from Ancient Greek. This means “lots, destinies, apportioners.” It also means a portion, or lot of the whole.

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Fates are mentioned in both Inferno & Purgatorio by their Greek names. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Weird Sisters (or 3 Witches) are prophetesses, who are deeply rooted in both the real & supernatural worlds.

The Moirai are:

• Clotho, the spinner. She spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equal was Nona (“the 9th”), who was originally called upon in the 9th month of pregnancy.
• Lachesis, the allotter or drawer of lots. She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equal was Decima (“the 10th”).
• Atropos, “inexorable,” or inevitable,” literally “unturning.” She was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death. When their time has come, she would cut their life-thread with her shears. Think about the end of Disney’s Hercules, when our main man, Herc, went to save Meg from Hades’ domain. Herc’s life-thread turned gold when he saved. Her Roman equal was Morta (“the dead one”).

In the Republic of Plato, the 3 Moirai sing together with the music of the Seirenes. Lachesis sings the things that were, Clotho the things that are, & Atropos the things that are to be. Pindar, in his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honor. He calls them to send their sisters, the Hours (Eunomia, “lawfulness”; Dike, “right”; & Eirene, “peace”), to stop the internal civil strife.

In the Theogony, Hesiod describes the Moirai as daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx (“night”), & the sisters of the Keres (“the black fates”), Thanatos (“death”), & Nemesis (“retribution”). Later in the poem, Hesiod instead calls them daughters of Zeus & the Titaness Themis (“the Institutor”), who was the embodiment of divine order & law. This places them as sisters of the Hours.

In the cosmogony of Alcman (7th century BC), first came Thetis (“disposer, creation”) & then simultaneously Poros (“path”) & Tekmor (“end post, ordinance”). Poros is related to the end of all things.

Later, in the Orphic cosmogony, first came Thesis, whose ineffable nature is unexpected. Ananke (“necessity”) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god Chronos, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate & Time. They were sometimes called to control the fates of the gods. The 3 Moirai are daughters of Ananke.

In the Theogony of Hesiod, the 3 Moirai are personified as the daughters of Nyx & are acting the gods. Later they were daughters of Zeus & Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order & law. In Pluto’s Republic, the 3 Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity).

The Moirai were supposed to appear 3 nights after a kid’s birth to determine the course of its life. At Sparta, the Temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis. Polis means “city” in Ancient Greek.

As the goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Elieithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth & divine midwifery, was their companion.

The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai. Chthonic means concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. They inflicted punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. The Morai were confused with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses, the Keres.

In earlier times, they were pictured as only a few, or perhaps only 1, individual goddess Homer’s Illiad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth. She’s Moria Krataia, “powerful Moira,” or there are several Moirai.

In the Odyssey, there’s a reference to the Klothes, or spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth & Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite was called Aphrodite Urania, the “eldest of the Fates.”

In the older myths, they’re daughters of primeval beings like Nyx (“night”) in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony.

The Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, & women swore by them. They may have originated as a birth goddesses & only later their reputation as the agents of destiny. The Moirai were also credited to be the inventors of 7 Greek letters – A, B, H, I, T, & Y.

The Fates had at least 3 known temples: Ancient Corinth, Sparta, & Thebes. The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave/tomb of Orestes.

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"Among them sports Ares and keen-eyed Argeiphontes [Hermes], while Apollon plays his lyre."
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