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Atropos

Atropos

1 9.9
A Greek myth goddess who cuts the thread of life to decide when people die
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : Atropos
  • Atropos/Las Parcas, Atropos (The Fates), 1819-1823

Examples

  • Rose Atropos.

    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011)

  • I think that when he read the future, he actually read it, like a book that hadn't come out yet, as though the house of Clothos, Lachesis, and Atropos.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Atropos had sent him a review copy of the Book of Life.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Atropos/Las Parcas, Atropos (The Fates), 1819-1823

    Blog text (12)

  • Early in the Old French poem Philomena, Chretien describes their fates as the work of Atropos and Tisiphone (39).

    Fiction book (1991)

  • With the imperative "filate," a word which, in the form of a noun, occurs on only one other occasion in the poem, Cassandra shows that she knows the fate of Troiolo, the fate which Atropos weaves.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In Greek mythology, Atropos is known for cutting the thread of life and deciding when a person dies.

  • The legend tells of Atropos, the goddess who determines the moment of death by severing the life thread.

  • Many stories depict Atropos as the ultimate arbiter of fate, cutting ties that bind mortals to life.

Compounds

Acherontia atropos
  • Specialized
9.9

A large moth from Europe with a pattern like a human skull on its back

Surface Forms

Atropos main

Etymology

The word Atropos comes from Greek parts a- ('not') and tropos ('turn' or 'change'), so her name means 'she who cannot be turned'. That's why in myth Atropos is the goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life and decides the moment of death.