Graeae

In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ˈɡriːiː/; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. 'old women', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ('daughters of Phorcys'),^[1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.^[2]^[3] They were the daughters of the primordial sea gods Phorcys and Ceto and, among others, sisters of the Gorgons and the Hesperides. Their names were Deino (Δεινώ), Enyo (Ἐνυώ), and Pemphredo (Πεμφρηδώ). The Graeae are best known from their encounter with Perseus, who, after capturing their eye, forced them to reveal information about the Gorgons.^[3]

^ Sommerstein, p. 260, in Aeschylus. Fragments; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 790–800 (pp. 530–531) with n. 94; Apollodorus, 1.2.6; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.
^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Graeae
^ ^a ^b Roman & Roman 2010, p. 181.

[1] Sommerstein, p. 260, in Aeschylus. Fragments; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 790–800 (pp. 530–531) with n. 94; Apollodorus, 1.2.6; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.

[2] Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Graeae

[FOOTNOTERomanRoman2010181-3] Roman & Roman 2010, p. 181.

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