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| Atropos | |
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Goddess of Fate | |
 Bas relief of Atropos cutting the thread of life. | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Symbol | Scissors |
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| Parents | |
| Siblings | Lachesis, Clotho, various paternal half-siblings |
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Atropos (/ˈætrəpɒs, -pəs/;[1][2] Ancient Greek: Ἄτροπος "without turn"), in Greek mythology, was the third of the Three Fates or Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta.
Atropos was the eldest of the Three Fates and was known as "the Inflexible One."[3] It was Atropos who chose the manner of death and ended the life of mortals by cutting their threads.[4] She worked along with her two sisters, Clotho, who spun the thread, and Lachesis, who measured the length. Atropos has been featured in several stories, such as those of Atalanta[5] and Achilles.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ Clement of Alexandria. The Exhortation to the Greeks. The Rich Man's Salvation. To the Newly Baptized. Translated by G. W. Butterworth. Loeb Classical Library 92. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1919, pg 52-53.
- ^ Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Columbia University Press. January 2000. ISBN 9780787650155.
- ^ Baldwin, James (December 2005). "The Story of Atalanta". Old Greek Stories. ISBN 978-1421932125.