The Greek myth of the Fates’ prophecy

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Iseult Gillespie |

TED-Ed

• September 2025

The night of her son's birth, the queen of Calydon was visited by three shadowy goddesses, known as the Fates. They gestured towards the blazing hearth and decreed that her son would live only until the burning log was reduced to embers. Terrified, the queen locked the log in a chest and guarded the key— but the secret would loom over his life. Iseult Gillespie shares the Greek myth of Meleager. [Directed by Layron DeJarnette, Gumboyo Animation, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].