Atropos
| 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/; 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 one of the Three Fates and was known as "the Inflexible One." It was Atropos who chose the manner of death and ended the life of mortals by cutting their threads. 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 and Achilles.