The Fates

            
            
             Thesis: Mythology of the Greeks and Romans was very similar in the ways these gods and goddesses dressed, acted, and ruled.
             I. The Godesses.
             A. The Greek Goddesses of Fate.
             1. Klotho-The Spinner.
             2. Lachesis-The Appointer.
             3. Atropos-The Inflexible.
             B. The Roman Goddesses of Fate.
             1. Nona- Roman Goddess of Pregnancy.
             2. Decima- The Goddess of Childbirth.
             3. Morta- The Goddess of Death.
             II. The Story.
             A. Moirai and the Parcae.
             B. What took place .
             C. The night the goddesses came .
             D. Determined fate of newborn.
             III. Pictured.
             A.Stern and Gloomy goddesses.
             B. Klotho-holds a spindle thread.
             C. Lachesis- carries a rod.
             D. Atropos- a tablet .
             IV. Different names, yet very similar.
             A. Contributions to the ideas of Greeks and Romans.
             B. Helped our society grow.
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             The Fates.
             Greece and Rome are two counties that have greatly influenced American civilization as Americans know it. The Greeks and Romans have many similarities as well as differences that all contribute to the ways all societies have been formed. For example, Greek and Roman mythology are stories written about traditions, beliefs, and people that are based on particular events and situations that have taken place, and many of these ideas have been carried out to today. For example, the ideas we have of the seasons, heavens, and destinies were all derived from previous Greek and Roman beliefs. The fates, otherwise known to the Greeks as Moirai, and to the Romans, Parcae, they were groups made up of three goddesses that were the rulers of the lives of men. There are many similarities that make these goddesses equally important in both Greek and Roman times. Mythology of the Greeks and Romans was very similar in the ways these gods and goddesses dressed, acted, and ruled.
             Parcae and Moirai are both considered the goddesses of fate. The Moirai was represented as three female figures who spun the thread they held in their hands, which symbolized the human life (Sanford 5)The human life can be deemed worthless and insignificant since it can be broken easily as any time.