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ID: 901002187
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002187
Record Type: Character/Person

Lachesis (Greek deity)

Note: In Greco-Roman mythology, one of three goddesses who determined human destinies. Lachesis dispensed the fate woven by Clotho.

Names:
Lachesis (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Λάχεσις (Greek deity) (Greek-P,D)
Lakhesis (Greek deity) (Greek (transliterated)-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Lachesis (Greek deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Clotho
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Clotho (Greek deity)) [901002186]
associated with .... Atropos
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Atropos (Greek deity)) [901002183]
counterpart is .... Decima
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Decima (Roman deity)) [901002188]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... fate
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Lachesis (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85073822
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Λάχεσις (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachesis
Lakhesis (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachesis
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/367537
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85073822

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