Editorial note — Chapter VIII
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[Footnote: The "sisters" here alluded to were the Par'coe, or Fates—three goddesses who presided over the destinies of mortals: 1st, Clo'tho, who held the distaff; 2d, Lach'esis, who spun each one's portion of the thread of life; and, 3d, At'ropos, who cut off the thread with her scissors.
Clotho and Lachesis, whose boundless sway, With Atropos, both men and gods obey. —HESIOD.]