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Atropos
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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in Greek mythology, the eldest of the three Fates (see Fate). Her name, the "Unalterable" (a- privative, and Tpbirav, to turn), indicates her function, that of rendering the decisions of her sisters irreversible or immutable. Atropos is most frequently represented with scales, a sun-dial or a cutting instrument, the "abhorred shears," with which she slits the thin-spun thread of life that has been placed on the spindle by Clotho and drawn off by Lachesis.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Atropos'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/atropos.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Atropos'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/atropos.html. 1910.
