Explained vocabulary

Atropos — Ἄτροπος

Ἄτροπος

Atropos

Atropos is named with Lachesis and Clotho at LIX.16, immediately before the plural invitation to come.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Atropos

Meaning

Atropos is named with Lachesis and Clotho at LIX.16, immediately before the plural invitation to come. The printed Ἄτροπε is her vocative form, not a command to turn something. She remains one named recipient within the Moirai group, rather than the name of every fate-function in the hymn.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LIX · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Ἄτροπε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LIX.16

Lexical references

LSJ ἄτροπος (n17224)