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ID: 901002183 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002183 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Atropos (Greek deity) | ||
Note: In Greek mythology, one of the three Fates, with Clotho and Lachesis. Atropos’s name (meaning “unalterable” or “inflexible”) indicates her function, that of rendering the decisions of her sisters irreversible or immutable. Atropos is most frequently represented with scales, a sundial, or a cutting instrument. Atropos cut the thread (thus determining the individual’s moment of death). | |
Atropos (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D) | |
Ἄτροπος (Greek deity) (Greek-P,D) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek characters> (G) | ||
............Atropos (Greek deity) (I) | ||
associated with .... Clotho | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Clotho (Greek deity)) [901002186] |
associated with .... Lachesis | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Lachesis (Greek deity)) [901002187] |
counterpart is .... Morta | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Morta (Roman deity)) [901002190] |
role/characteristic is .... deity | |
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
is personification of .... fate | |
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Atropos (Greek deity) | |
................Contributed as a candidate term H.Bertoldi, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 29 July 2019 | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) | |
Ἄτροπος (Greek deity) | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropos | |
................ Contributed as a candidate term H.Bertoldi, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 29 July 2019 | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/367537 | |
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropos | |
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