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Graeae
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Graeae or Graiae (both: grē`ī), in Greek mythology, daughters of Ceto and Phorcus, called Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo. The personifications of old age, they were born with gray hair and only one eye and one tooth among them. They were the protectors of their sisters, the Gorgons.


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Byline: David Powell WHEN they were born, the Gray sisters attracted global media attention.
One thing that we really needed was that," Olds said, pointing in the general direction of the Gray sisters and Gambee, who were scrimmaging at the end of a practice session last Thursday.
 
 
 
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