Fate is spun by the MOERAE at birth, so that the flourishing life will be limited by Necessity. This is why Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, said about Odysseus:
"Nor shall he meanwhile suffer any evil or harm, until he sets foot upon his own land; but thereafter he shall suffer whatever Fate and the dread Spinners spun with their thread for him at his birth, when his mother bore him." [Alcinous on Odysseus. Homer, Odyssey 7.195]
The many ways in which life may be lived or enjoyed are not encompassed by the MOERAE. That depends on the gods, or as others would say, on the disposition of the soul. On the other hand, the MOERAE set a limit to what a mortal may or not achieve in his life, and set a limit to life itself: death.
"Nor shall he meanwhile suffer any evil or harm, until he sets foot upon his own land; but thereafter he shall suffer whatever Fate and the dread Spinners spun with their thread for him at his birth, when his mother bore him." [Alcinous on Odysseus. Homer, Odyssey 7.195]
The many ways in which life may be lived or enjoyed are not encompassed by the MOERAE. That depends on the gods, or as others would say, on the disposition of the soul. On the other hand, the MOERAE set a limit to what a mortal may or not achieve in his life, and set a limit to life itself: death.
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