and the Hesperides who guard the rich, golden
 apples and the trees bearing fruit beyond glorious Ocean. Also she
 bore the Destinies and ruthless avenging Fates, Clotho and Lachesis
 and Atropos, Clotho (the
 Spinner) is she who spins the thread of man's life; Lachesis
 (the Disposer of Lots) assigns to each man his destiny;
 Atropos (She who cannot be turned) is the “Fury
 with the abhorre\d shears.” who give men at their
 birth both evil and good to have, and they pursue the transgressions of men and of gods: and these
 goddesses never cease from their dread anger until they punish the
 sinner with a sore penalty. Also deadly Night bore Nemesis
 (Indignation) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Deceit
 and Friendship and hateful Age
 and hard-hearted Strife. But abhorred Strife bore painful Toil and
 Forgetfulness and Famine and tearful Sorrows, Fightings also, Battles,
 Murders, Manslaughters, Quarrels, Lying Words, Disputes, Lawlessness and Ruin, all of one
 nature, and Oath who most troubles men upon earth when anyone
 willfully swears a false oath. And Sea begat Nereus, the eldest of his
 children, who is true and lies not: and men call him the Old
 Man because he is trusty
 and gentle and does not forget the laws of righteousness, but thinks
 just and kindly thoughts. And yet again he got great Thaumas and proud
 Phorcys, being mated with Earth, and fair-cheeked Ceto and Eurybia who
 has a heart of flint within her.