Editing Atropos (section)

{{Short description|One of the Fates of Greek mythology}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek

| name = Atropos
| father = [[Erebus]]
| mother = [[Themis]] or [[Nyx]]
| siblings = [[Lachesis]], [[Clotho]], various paternal half-siblings
| god_of = Goddess of Fate
| image = Atropos.jpg
|caption = [[Bas relief]] of Atropos cutting the thread of life.
| abode = [[Mount Olympus]]
| symbol = Scissors
}}
{{Ancient Greek religion}}

'''Atropos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|t|r|ə|p|ɒ|s|,_|-|p|ə|s}};<ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref><ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref> {{langx|grc|Ἄτροπος}} "without turn"), in [[Greek mythology]], was the third of the [[Fates|Three Fates]] or [[Moirai]], goddesses of [[wikt:fate|fate]] and [[destiny]]. Her Roman equivalent was [[Morta (mythology)|Morta]].

Atropos was one of the Three Fates and was known as "the Inflexible One."<ref>Clement of Alexandria. The Exhortation to the Greeks. The Rich Man's Salvation. To the Newly Baptized. Translated by G. W. Butterworth. Loeb Classical Library 92. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1919, pg 52-53. 
</ref> It was Atropos who chose the manner of death and ended the life of mortals by cutting their threads.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition|date=January 2000|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780787650155}}</ref> She worked along with her two sisters, [[Clotho]], who spun the thread, and [[Lachesis]], who measured the length. Atropos has been featured in several stories, such as those of [[Atalanta]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Baldwin | first =James| author-link =James Baldwin (editor and author) | title =Old Greek Stories | chapter = The Story of Atalanta | date =December 2005| publisher =American book Company| url = https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11582/11582-h/11582-h.htm | isbn = 978-1421932125 | chapter-url = https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11582/11582-h/11582-h.htm#THE_STORY_OF_ATALANTA}}</ref>  and [[Achilles]].