2023年3月9日 · The Moirae continue to make appearances in modern pop culture, where they are most commonly known as the “Fates.” In literature, the Moirae have featured in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (2005–2009), Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel series The Sandman (1989–), and Stephen King’s novel Insomnia (1994).

2023年3月10日 · Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice. Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren. Today, her image survives as “Lady Justice,” wearing a chiton (a kind of tunic) and holding a set of balanced scales.

2022年11月29日 · In addition to Hades, the Underworld housed several other deities, both revered and dreaded by the ancients. These included Hades’ queen, Persephone; Charon, the ferryman of the dead; the Erinyes, who mercilessly punished sinners; and the Moirae, who ensured that every mortal lived out his life according to his fate.

2023年7月27日 · The Horae, daughters of Zeus and Themis, were goddesses associated with the seasons and with ordered cycles of time. According to the poet Hesiod, there were three Horae: Dike (“Justice”), Eunomia (“Good Order”), and Eirene (“Peace”).

2023年1月18日 · The Graeae were three sisters who lived in a remote corner of the world, sharing a single eye and a single tooth among them. They were best known for (reluctantly) helping Perseus in his quest to slay Medusa.

2023年7月11日 · In what eventually became the best-known version of the myth, the Moirae visited Meleager’s mother, Althaea, soon after Meleager was born. They pointed to a log that was burning in the fireplace and warned that Meleager would only live until that log had been burned away by the fire.

2023年3月9日 · According to Hesiod, Nyx went on to have many more children on her own, without the help of her consort Erebus (among them the grim personifications Nemesis, Thanatos, and the Moirae). According to other sources, however, Erebus was the father of these children as well (see above).

2023年3月9日 · Eileithyia and the Moirae, caught off guard, released their hold on Alcmene’s womb, allowing Heracles to be born. As punishment for tricking the gods, Galinthias was turned into a polecat. But Hecate took pity on her and made her into her sacred attendant.

2023年10月4日 · Admetus, son of Pheres, was the king of Pherae in Thessaly. He had a reputation as a just and hospitable ruler and was a favorite of the god Apollo. When it came time for Admetus to die, his wife Alcestis was permitted to die in his place—though in the end she too was restored to life.

2023年3月8日 · Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, was the divine personification of retribution. Often imagined as a beautiful goddess wielding the scales and rod of justice, Nemesis was known widely as an avenger of hybris and injustice.