Definition of the glossary term Graiae
In Greek mythology, the Graiae were a trilogy of sea deities, the daughters of Phorcys, and archaic sea god, and Ceto, a sea monster who was the personification of the dangers and terrors of the sea. The three sisters, extremely old and gray, and all blind. With the help of their one collective eye, they guraded the realm of their other sisters, the Gorgons.
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