Lecture 7 Flashcards
Atropos
One of the 3 fates, responsible for cutting the thread and bringing life to an end, name means “inflexible”
Clotho
One of the 3 fates, responsible for spinning out the thread of life, name means “spinner”
Lachesis
One of the 3 fates, responsible for measuring the thread of life, name means “apportioner”
Dike
One of the 3 hours, name means “justice”
Eunomia
One of the 3 hours, name means “good order”
Eirene
One of the 3 hours, name means “peace”
Eurynome
Lover of Zeus, mother of the 3 Graces, name means “she with wide dominion”
The Fates
The children of Zeus and Themis, depicted as 3 old women responsible for the destiny of every individual, in Greek Moirai and in Latin Parcae
The 3 Hours
Children of Zeus and Themis, also known as the Seasons, can vary in number from 2-4), they are closely connected to vegetation, in Greek Horae
The 3 Graces
Children of Zeus and Eurynome, personifications of loveliness, often associated with Aphrodite, in Greek Charites and in Latin Gratiae
Ganymede
A Trojan prince carried off by Zeus because of his beauty, replaces Hebe as the cupbearer of the gods
Erastes
Name means “lover”, also an older man Greek homosexual relationship
Eromenos
Name means “beloved”, also a younger man in Greek homosexual relationships
Catamite
A boy kept for homosexual practices, name derived from Ganymede
Lemnos
Island nation whose capital city was Hephaestias, Hephaestus lands here after Zeus throws him from Mt Olympus
