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    Atropos (/ˈ��trəpɒs, -pəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄτροπος "without turn"), in Greek mythology, was the third of the Three Fates or Moirai, goddesses of fate and...
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    Acherontia atropos, the African death's-head hawkmoth, is the most widely recognized of three species within the genus Acherontia (the other two being...
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    Atropos, or The Fates (Spanish: Átropos or Las Parcas) is one of the 14 Black Paintings painted by Francisco de Goya between 1819–1823. Goya, then 75...
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    were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae...
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    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...
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    Pachliopta atropos is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. The first description was in 1888 by Staudinger...
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    of the Three Fates, or Moirai; the others were her sisters, Clotho and Atropos. Normally seen clothed in white, Lachesis is the measurer of the thread...
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  • Hornblower and the Atropos was replaced by Hornblower and the Hotspur in later UK editions of The Young Hornblower. Hornblower and the Atropos, The Happy Return...
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    Atropos Key is an outdoor 1972 bronze sculpture by Hannah Stewart, installed at Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre, in the U.S. state of Texas. Texas portal...
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    The berg adder (Bitis atropos) is a venomous viper species endemic to mountainous regions in southern Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized....
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    save the residents, then seek out Atropos. Ralph overcomes the malicious being, extracting a promise from Atropos that he will not interfere with him...
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    refers to any of three moth species of the genus Acherontia (Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx and Acherontia lachesis). The former species is found...
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  • Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy...
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    spins the thread of human life, her sisters draw out (Lachesis) and cut (Atropos) the thread. Her Roman equivalent is Nona. She also made major decisions...
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  • Adrian (2000a), An Annotated List of the Odonata of Britain and Ireland, Atropos No. 11 pp. 10–20 A number of other references were used to provide information...
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    The cleftbelly trevally (Atropus atropos), also known as the cleftbelly kingfish, Kuweh trevally or thin crevalle, is a species of tropical marine fish...
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    273 Atropos is a typical Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 8 March 1888 in Vienna. Photometric observations...
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  • Atropos is a UK-based journal for specialists in Lepidoptera and Odonata. It takes its name from the scientific name of the death's-head hawkmoth, Acherontia...
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    1819–1823 (Vision fantástica/Asmodea), Asmodea, 1819–1823 (Átropos/Las Parcas), Atropos, 1819–1823 Goya acquired the Quinta del Sordo villa on the banks...
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    1859) Synonyms Atropos undulatus Jan, 1857 (nomen nudum) Trigonocephalus (Atropos) undulatus Jan, 1859 A[tropos]. undulatus – Jan, 1863 Atropos undulatus –...
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