The Muses:

Clio (history) Urania (astronmy) Melpomene (tragedy) Thalia (comedy) Terpsichore (choral song and dance) Calliope (epic poetry) Erato (erotic poetry) Polyhymnia (religious hymns) Euterpe (lyric poetry) daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, they are goddesses of music, song, and dance; the source of inspiration to poets; and the keepers of knowledge, remembering all that has or ever shall come to pass.

The Graces:

Aglaia (splendor) Euphrosyne (mirth) Thalia (good cheer) born of Zeus and Eurynome, the goddesses of grace, beauty, adornment, mirth, festivity, dance, and song are the attendants of both Aphrodite and Hera.

The Furies,

Tisiphone (murder retribution) Megaera (grudge) Alecto (unceasing) ugly, winged women covered in poisonous serpents, born from the blood of Ouranos when he was castrated by his son Kronos, who avenge crimes against the natural order (homicide, unfilial conduct, crimes against the gods, perjury, and most certainly crimes of a child against their parents) when invoked, pursuing wrong doers relentlessly, until death, often driving them to suicide.

The Fates:

Clotho (spins the thread of life) Lachesis (chooses one's lot in life and how long it will be) Atropos (at one's death, cuts the thread of life) inflexible, severe old women, so old that they even predate the gods, personified the inescapable destiny of man, assigning to every person their fate.

http://tinyurl.com/l8u4zyu - Louise Glück, The Ruse

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