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The Three Fates

The image shows the Three Fates and is an artwork titled A Golden Thread by J M Strudwick, a British painter who died in 1935. The Romans called the Fates the Parcae; the Greeks knew them as the Moirai or Moerae. By name they were Clotho, who spun the thread of a person's life; Lachesis, who measured the thread; and Atropos, who cut it. The Romans knew them as Nona, Decuma, and Morta.
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Title:
The Three Fates
Caption:
The image shows the Three Fates and is an artwork titled A Golden Thread by J M Strudwick, a British painter who died in 1935. The Romans called the Fates the Parcae; the Greeks knew them as the Moirai or Moerae. By name they were Clotho, who spun the thread of a person's life; Lachesis, who measured the thread; and Atropos, who cut it. The Romans knew them as Nona, Decuma, and Morta.
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Album / Ivy Close Images/Universal Images Group
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Image size:
5700 x 3255 px | 53.1 MB
Print size:
48.3 x 27.6 cm | 19.0 x 10.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1935 • ARTWORK • ATROPOS • BRITISH • CALLED • CLOTHO • CUT • DECUMA • DIED • ENGLISH • FATES • GILDED • GILDING • GOLD • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • GREEKS • HUMAN • HUMANE • IMAGE • INDIVIDUAL • J • KNEW • LACHESIS • LIFE • M • MEASURED • MOERAE • MOIRAI • MORTA • NAME • NONA • PAINTER • PARCAE • PERSON • ROMANS • S • SPUN • STRUDWICK • THREAD • THREE • TITLED • UNSPECIFIED • WERE • WHO