ATROPOS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the eldest of the three Fates (see See also:

• FATE

FATE) . Her name, the " Unalterable " (d- privative, and -rpir&v, to turn), indicates her See also:

• FUNCTION

function, that of rendering the decisions of her sisters irreversible or immutable . Atropos is most frequently represented with scales, a See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• DIAL

dial or a cutting See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, the " abhorred See also:

• SHEARS

shears," with which she slits the thin-spun See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread of See also:

• LIFE

life that has been placed on the spindle by Clotho and See also:

• DRAWN

drawn off by Lachesis .