Editing Graeae (section)

{{short description|Three sisters in Greek myth}}
{{about|Greek mythology|the British organization|Graeae Theatre Company}}
{{distinguish|Graea}}

[[File:Edward Burne-Jones - Perseus and the Graiae, 1892.jpg|thumb|''[[Perseus]] and the Graeae'' by [[Edward Burne-Jones]] (1892)|255x255px]]
In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Graeae''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|r|iː|iː}}; {{langx|grc|Γραῖαι}} ''Graiai'', {{Lit|old women}}, alternatively spelled '''Graiai'''), also called the '''Grey Sisters''' and the '''Phorcides''' ({{gloss|daughters of Phorcys}}),<ref>Sommerstein, [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-attributed_fragments/2009/pb_LCL505.261.xml p. 260], in [[Aeschylus]]. ''Fragments''; [[Aeschylus]], ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.531.xml?result=8&rskey=OkFnZG 790&ndash;800 (pp. 530&ndash;531) with n. 94]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.6 1.2.6]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae1.html Preface].</ref> were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:id=graeae-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Graeae]</ref>{{Sfn|Roman|Roman|2010|p=181}} They were the daughters of the [[Greek primordial deities|primordial]] [[Greek water deities|sea gods]] [[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]] and, among others, sisters of the [[Gorgons]] and the [[Hesperides]]. Their names were '''Deino''' ({{lang|grc|Δεινώ}}), '''Enyo''' ({{lang|grc|Ἐνυώ}}), and '''Pemphredo''' ({{lang|grc|Πεμφρηδώ}}). The Graeae are best known from their encounter with [[Perseus]], who, after capturing their eye, forced them to reveal information about the [[Gorgons]].{{Sfn|Roman|Roman|2010|p=181}}

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