god
The Fates
the Fates
also: Parcae
The three Fates who spin, measure, and cut the thread of each life; here they cut short Achilles' return.
Reading notes
- The Secular Hymn §25-28 Fates
The Parcae, the three goddesses who spin and fix human destiny; asked to confirm Rome's good fortune.
- The Odes §2.3 three Sisters
The three Fates, who spin the black thread of each life's allotted span.
- The Odes §2.6 unjust Fates
The Fates, who may bar Horace from Tibur and send him instead to Tarentum.
- The Odes §2.16 truth-telling Fate
The Fate who 'does not lie,' giver of Horace's small farm and poetic gift.
- The Odes §2.17 winged Fate
Fate's swift wings, slowed when the people thrice cheered Maecenas' recovery in the theater.
- The Epodes §13 the Fates
The three Fates who spin and cut the thread of life; they have already cut off Achilles' safe return.