Ananke

Ananké ananke English Etymology From en grc Ἀνάγκη Fate. Pronunciation en /əˈnæŋki/ Proper noun en Greek mythology A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle. en Necessitas en Cyprian Overbeck Wells. A Literary Mosaic w:Arthur Conan Doyle 1886 “‘To tell you that the eternities beget chaos, and that the immensities are at the mercy of the divine ananke. Infinitude crouches before a personality. The mercurial essence is the prime mover in spirituality, and the thinker is powerless before the pulsating inanity. The cosmical procession is terminated only by the unknowable and unpronounceable’—— en astronomy A moon of Jupiter. Translations Greek goddess of destiny, necessity and fate French: fr Ananké f German: de Ananke f Greek: el Ανάγκη f Persian: fa آنانکی ânânkê Portuguese: pt Ananke f, pt Ananque f Spanish: es Ananké f en Moons of Jupiter German Proper noun f de Greek mythology Ananke IV 64 Eros und Ananke sind auch die Eltern der menschlichen Kultur geworden. Further reading Portuguese Alternative forms pt Ananque Etymology pt :bor grc:Ἀνάγκη + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f pt Greek god en Ananke goddess of destiny, necessity and fate