Motif
cosmic order governed by personified Necessity and Fates
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A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6209-6282 confidence: high
The vision mingles astronomy, symbolism, and mythology: heaven is represented as a cylinder or box with seven planetary orbits and fixed stars, suspended from an axis or spindle turning on the knees of Necessity; the Fates guide the revolutions and their harmonious motion produces the music of the spheres.
Necessity is associated with the turning spindle, and the Fates guide the revolutions of the orbits that produce celestial harmony.
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