letters to Lucilius, also calls them the Parcae, citing the saying of Cleanthes: "The Fates lead those who are willing and drag those who are unwilling." In this, he describes not only their office that is, to guide all living beings but also to compel them, as if all things occurred by necessity. Atropos was the one who cut the thread of life, bringing each mortal's destiny to its inevitable end.

Namesake

* Atropine, a tropane

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