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Atropos

Fate who cuts thread of life. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 302]
See: Death
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Purification and properties of two phospholipase A2 enzymes from berg adder (Bitis atropos) venom.
Na mitologia grega, as Parcas eram tres: Cloto, Laquesis e Atropos: tinham como ocupacao tecer o fio do destino humano e, com suas tesouras, cortavam-no quando muito bem entendiam.
At the Salon of 1877 his sculpture La Parque et l'amour (Atropos and Eros) was met with withering contempt from Jules-Antoine Castagnary: 'nous constatons avec tristesse que, mauvais dessinateur et mauvais peintre, M.
The release said that the headquarters of EU Naval Force Atalanta on the LPD Siroco was alerted, via the global maritime information exchange network, of the attack of an oil tanker, the Nave Atropos, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag.
The dhow was suspected to have served as a rear base for the pirates, who launched a failed bid to take over the Nave Atropos, an oil tanker sailing under a flag from the Marshall Islands.
* The name Atropa is derived from that of the Greek goddess Atropos, one of the three Greek fates or destinies who would determine the course of a man's life by the weaving of threads that symbolized his birth, the events in his life and finally his death; with Atropos cutting these threads to mark the last of these.
Near the end of Here Szymborska conducts an "Interview With Atropos," the Greek goddess who, for thousands of years, has been cutting the thread of each human life to end it.
Moth Night, which started last night and continues until tomorrow, is organised by Butterfly Conservation and journal Atropos, and will include a series of daytime searches and nighttime moth recording across the UK.
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