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Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones (1892). In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ ˈ ɡ r iː iː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. ' old women ', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides (' daughters of Phorcys '), [1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.
In turn, Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. There these seven stars formed the star cluster known thereafter as the Pleiades. The Greek poet Hesiod mentions the Pleiades several times in his Works and Days. As the Pleiades are primarily winter stars, they feature prominently in the ancient ...
The Gorgons (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr ɡ ən z / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες), [2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to
Perseus begins a journey to get the Gorgon's head and with the help of many others, such as Pallas Athene, Hermes, Atlas the Giant, the three Gray Sisters, and the Nymphs, manages to kill the Gorgon bravely and fearlessly. [1] On his way back home, Perseus comes across a maiden chained to a rock, destined to be eaten by a dreadful sea monster.
Eurydice was the daughter of King Lacedaemon and Queen Sparta, the legendary founders of Sparta and thus sister to Amyclas. [1] Later on, Eurydice married King Acrisius of Argos and became the mother of Danaë who begot the celebrated hero Perseus. Her other daughter was possibly Evarete, wife of Oenomaus, king of Pisa in Elis. [2]
Grey sisters may refer to: Graeae or Grey sisters, three old women from Greek mythology Lady Jane Grey , Lady Katherine Grey , and Lady Mary Grey from 16th-century Tudor England
The Gray Sisters are joining the demigods for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2. Disney+ announced on Saturday at D23 that the sisters — Anger, Tempest and Wasp — will be played by ...
The trio are generally conceived of as sisters and are often given the names Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, which are the names of the Moirai, the version of the Fates who appear in Greek mythology. These divine figures are often artistically depicted as beautiful maidens with consideration to their serious responsibility: the life of mortals. [1]