Lachesis (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Lachesis was the second of the Three Fates, or Moirae. She was the apportioner, deciding how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. In paintings and stories, Lachesis is often portrayed as a matronly woman; she is also said to choose a person's destiny after a thread was measured.
According to Hesiod's Theogony, she and her sisters (Atropos and Clotho) are the daughters of Nyx (Night).
Her Roman equivalent was Decima.
She is mentioned also in the tenth book of the Republic of Plato as the daughter of Necessity. She instructs the souls who are about to choose their next life, assign them lots, and presents them all of the kinds, human and animal, from which they may choose their next life.
Lachesis (Lahkesis) also makes an appearance in Sony Computer Entertainment America's God of War II. She is the first Sister of Fate that the main character Kratos battles.
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