Lachesis

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Lachesis
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Lachesis

Summary

Lachesis is a Greek deity[1]. She draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #49 of 151).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lachesis's father was Zeus[3].
  • Lachesis's mother was Nyx[4].
  • Lachesis's mother was Themis[5].
  • Lachesis's image is recorded as Puteal de la Moncloa (M.A.N. Madrid) 06.jpg[6].
  • Lachesis is recorded as female[7].
  • Lachesis's instance of is recorded as Greek deity[8].
  • Lachesis's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2017092454[9].
  • Lachesis's part of is recorded as Moirae[10].
  • Lachesis's Commons category is recorded as Lachesis (mythology)[11].
  • Lachesis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_cms[12].
  • Lachesis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Lachesis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Lachesis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Lachesis's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • Lachesis's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 1151[17].
  • Lachesis's Treccani ID is recorded as lachesi[18].
  • Lachesis's sibling is recorded as Atropos[19].
  • Lachesis's sibling is recorded as Clotho[20].
  • Lachesis's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Lakhesis[21].
  • Lachesis's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86928[22].
  • Lachesis's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-17663[23].
  • Lachesis's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901002187[24].
  • Lachesis's ToposText person ID is recorded as 17734[25].
  • Lachesis's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987011052468405171[26].
  • Lachesis's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09588768-n[27].

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Origins and Family

Lachesis's father was Zeus[3]. Mothers listed include Nyx[4], a Greek primordial deity[28] and Themis[5], a titan[29].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Lachesis include she muta[30], a taxon[31].

Why It Matters

Lachesis draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #49 of 151).[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] She is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for her include she muta[30], a taxon[31].

FAQs

Who were Lachesis's parents?

Lachesis's father was Zeus[3]. Lachesis's mother was Nyx[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Theogony. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Theogony. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . Theogony. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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