Pepromene
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{{Short description|Goddess in Greek mythology}}
Pepromene ({{langx|grc|Πεπρωμένη}}) is a goddess and being of fate/destiny in Greek mythology (a being of "the destined share", which implies a person's true calling and fate; in short, the idea that every man is tied to a destiny). The ancient perception of her being gives the name as belonging within other Greek ideas (or "seeings") for destiny and fate (such as Aesa, Moira, Moros, Ananke, Adrasteia and Heimarmene).{{cite web|url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2518.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805061740/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2518.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 August 2011|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 184 (v. 3)|date=5 August 2011|access-date=11 April 2018}}
Etymology
Pepromene's name is speculated to have numerous different origins; some postulate it is derived from the Greek {{lang|grc|πεπρῶσθαι}}, peprosthai, meaning "to be furnished, fulfilled or fated". However, others suggest that the same πεπερατοσθαι (pepratosthai) means "finite", implying finite nature; the fact that nothing in this life lasts forever.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
References
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Sources
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051026223414/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2518.html Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 184]}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=et4oAAAAYAAJ&q=%22peperatosthai%22 Greek and Roman Religion: a source book]
- http://bearsite.info/General/World_Literature/greek/plutarch/essays.txt (The Complete Works Volume 3, Essays and Miscellanies, by Plutarch)
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Category:Time and fate goddesses
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