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- From: ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria)
- Newsgroups: alt.mythology
- Subject: Re: Help with Fates
- Date: 24 Jul 1992 04:57:00 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul23.210101.8375@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In-reply-to: rivk@quads.uchicago.edu's message of 23 Jul 92 21:01:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.210101.8375@midway.uchicago.edu> rivk@quads.uchicago.edu (nora gayle rivkis) writes:
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- Can someone please tell me what the names of the three Fates
- were, and which one did which job? Thanks very much.
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- Clotho - spins the thread of a person's life
- Lachesis - measures it out
- Atropos - wields the shears and cuts the thread
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- -30-
- Bob
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