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ID: 901002193
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002193
Record Type: Character/Person

Moirae (Greek deities)

Note: Three Greek goddesses of fate, Clotho (Spinner), Lachesis (Allotter), and Atropos (Inflexible).

Names:
Moirae (Greek deities) (preferred,English-P,D)
Moira (Greek deity) (English-P,A)
Μοῖραι (Ancient Greek-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Moirae (Greek deities) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Parcae
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Parcae (Roman characters)) [901002191]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deities
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... fate
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Moirae (Greek deities)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) as in 92G1 Fates, Parcae (Moirae)
Moira (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Μοῖραι
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Fates," accessed 31 July 2019
................ Schwab, Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece (2011)
................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Paphos_Haus_des_Theseus_-_Mosaik_Achilles_3_Moiren.jpg/1280px-Paphos_Haus_des_Theseus_-_Mosaik_Achilles_3_Moiren.jpg

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