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The ancient Greeks considered her as the representative of the inevitable. She was the one who cut the thread of life, which had been previously spun by her two sisters. An ancient kingdom was named after her. A plant with its deadly poison and the death’s-head hawkmoth still reminds us of her. Atropos, daughter of Zeus, one of the three Fates and the namesake of a legendary poison: atropine, an alkaloid of the deadly nightshade, Atropa bella-donna.

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Atropos. The Terrible Daughter

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

The ancient Greeks considered her as the representative of the inevitable. She was the one who cut the thread of life, which had been previously spun by her two sisters. An ancient kingdom was named after her. A plant with its deadly poison and the death’s-head hawkmoth still reminds us of her. Atropos, daughter of Zeus, one of the three Fates and the namesake of a legendary poison: atropine, an alkaloid of the deadly nightshade, Atropa bella-donna.