The Scriptures in Greek Mythology

The Grey Sisters of Greek Mythology

The Graeae is a trinity of sisters in Greek mythology and are one of the most famous mythical triplets, next to figures such as Mermaids, appearing in the accounts of Ancient Greece. The reputation of the Elders, however, is mainly due to their participation in the adventures of the legendary hero Perseus.

The Graies

The Graies were daughters of marine deities Forkyus and Cetus, which made them sisters and other sea-related forms, such as Mermaids, the Skylla and I was upset.. Often referred to as ForksThat's Forkyus' daughters.

Usually there is talk of three Elders, number indicated in Library Of (Lose-) Apollodorus. However, it should be noted that Hesiod (Theogenia) and Ovid (Transformations) talk only about two Old.

When referred to as three, their names are usually:

• Dinho («Awesome.»),

• Enyo («combat»),

• Pemprey («The one who guides the road»).

In some traditions, Dino is replaced by another Old by name Percy, meaning «Destroyer».

The Greys

In most descriptions, the Elders are presented as three old women, and indeed their collective name is usually translated as «The grey ones». It was said that they were already born grey, but their most characteristic natural feature was that They shared a single eye and a single tooth, which passed to each other.

THE Eshilos, however, it does not just describe them as old women, but states that the Elders had bodies of beautiful swans.

The Old – Secret Guards

The Elders are likely considered his personifications white sea foam. After all, Forkyos' children were generally personifications of the dangers of the sea; the Mermaids, for example, symbolized the underwater reefs.

Above all, however, in Greek mythology the Elders were guards of a great secret: the location of the Gorgon caves.

The Graeae and Perseus

This secret was necessary for the PerseusAs he had received the mission to bring back Mermaid's head Medusa.

Thus, Perseus traveled to the place of residence of the Elders, which was by some called Kyshen Island. The Elders, however, were not willing to reveal the location of their brothers, so Perseus was forced to force them to speak.

The hero did that. grabbing the eye of the Elders the moment it passed through each other's hands. Fearing to stay blind forever, the Elders eventually revealed to Perseus the secret of Medusa.

According to the most common version, Perseus returned the eye in the Elders after getting the answer he asked for. However, in other variations of the myth, the Elders stayed permanently blindAs Perseus threw their eye at Lake Tritonida.

After Perseus left, the Elders do not appear again to any other surviving Greek myth, since now who would seek the two remaining Mermaids?