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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.
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
Βee goddesses, perhaps one of the Thriae, found at Camiros, Rhodes, dated to 7th century BCE (British Museum). The Thriae (/ ˈ θ r aɪ. iː /; Ancient Greek: Θριαί, romanized: Thriaí) were nymphs, three virginal sisters, one of a number of such triads in Greek mythology. [1]
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...
In Greek mythology, Aello (/ eɪ ˈ ɛ l oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἀελλώ, Aellō means "storm" or "storm-swift" in ancient Greek) was one of the Harpy sisters who would abduct people and torture them on their way to Tartarus. [1]
The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, Weyward Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the three Fates of classical mythology .
As one of the three fates, her influence in Greek mythology was significant. Along with her sisters and Hermes , Clotho was given credit for creating the alphabet for their people. Even though Clotho and her sisters were worshiped as goddesses, their representation of fate is more central to their role in mythology.