Lachesis

cast more than one shadow when all three suns are in the sky! There could even be up to three shadows! The largest sun is Clotho whereas the two smaller stars are Lachesis and Atropos. These names are from the three Fates in Greek mythology that oversee the allegorical strands of life. For instance, Clotho spins our lifelines, Lachesis weaves the thread into the tapestry of our lives, and Atropos cuts the strings. Gnaritus is a Goldilocks planet in that it is just right for human habitation…

shears could be the death of you. Literally! I am death. My two sisters and I are all together death. We are the fates! We decide on the length of a mortal’s life as well as how long the rule of the gods should last. Clotho spins the thread of life; Lachesis, the Measurer; and I, the Cutter of life's thread. Most think, “How do you have time to cut all that thread?” but you little humans have no creativity at all. Time is not measured the same for me. You see, to come talk to you petty little…

Picture yourself walking down the sidewalk minding your own business, when out of nowhere a car whizzes past you barely skimming the tip of your toe. Do you look up and thank God, or do you refer back to Karma? Do you think it just wasn’t your time to die and fate had other plans for you, or could it possibly be that if you didn’t stop to admire the sun setting you would have been laying on the road flat as a pancake? The right time and the right place. In The House of the Deaf Man by Peter…

In the Greek myth of the Fates, it is said that there are three ancient women who calculate the paths of everyone’s life, measures, and ends them. The Fate Clotho would spin the string, the Fate Lachesis would measure the string, and the Fate Atropos would cut the string, hence the end of that beings life. The Fates knows the exact moment of death. They know every step and decision anyone could make before it’s ever made. According to these beliefs, some say the the beginning is not connected to…

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Bravery, respect, and power – three important things that all men desire and value but cannot acquire at once. Macbeth, a brave soldier with a promising future, attempts to obtain all three but finds that his lust for power ultimately leads to his tragic downfall. In an effort to prove and assert himself as a dominant man, this tragic hero watches his valor and dignity slip away. Macbeth has immense courage until presented with the idea of becoming king, and allows his wife, Lady Macbeth, to…

Sisters Three,/ Come, come to me/ With hands as pale as milk./ Lay them in gore,/ Since you have shore/ With shears his thread of silk,” (V.i.353-358). The fates are described as, “...three [women], Clotho, the Spinner, who spun the thread of life; Lachesis, the Disposer of Lots, who assigned to each man his destiny; Atropos, she who could not be turned, who carried ‘the abhorréd shears’ and cut the thread at death,” (Hamilton 44). Lastly, another allusion was to the tragedy, Pyramus and Thisbe…

The essay question tells me to look at the role of the Gods or the role of the fates. However, in my opinion, I believe that they are intertwined, fate is the will of the gods. For the ancient Greeks, Fate embodied a startling, unrelenting force. The gods in Greek literature were portrayed in diverse manners, from irrelevant to much more significant roles. The smaller roles might have included a chorus or a character referring to god in their speech, or suggestions throughout the play that the…

Republic written by Plato is one of the early works of political philosophy. Using dialogue between students and Socrates, his teacher, Plato attempts to define justice and explain why being just is rewarding. Republic ends with the myth of Er, a story about a man who travels to the afterlife then returns to tell what he saw. The myth of Er fits into the rest of Republic because it supports the assertion that being just is beneficial and that being just or unjust is a choice; however, it…

In Greek Mythology, the Fates were three sisters who had the power to control one 's destiny. Their names were Clotho, who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, who determines how long you will live; and Atropos, who cuts the thread of life with her scissors and decides how you will die. The Fates would visit the house three days after a baby was born, stand over the crib, and determine the child’s fate and life. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, it seems that the sisters did indeed visit…