| Despite the earthly powers of the Olympic gods, only the Three Fates set the destiny of Man. |
| The Fates told Althaea that her son Melea'ger would live just as long as a log of wood then on the fire remained unconsumed. |
| Atropos is the name of one of the Fates, mythical beings who controlled the destinies of humans. |
| The three Fates, or Moirai, were the offspring of Zeus and the Titan Themis. |
| At fifteen, with hardly any education, the Fates had put her in a sweat-shop. |
| To the Greeks, your destiny was in the hands of the Fates, three heartless old women. |
