The FATES are three: Clotho (with her distaff, presides at birth), Lachĕsis (spins the thread of life), Atrŏpos (cuts the thread). The FURIES are three: Tisiponê, Alecto, Megæra. The GRACES are three: Euphros´ynê (_cheerfulness of mind_), Aglaia (_mirth_), Thalīa (_good-tempered jest_). The JUDGES OF HADES are three: Minos (_the chief baron_), Æacus (_the judge of Europeans_), Rhadamanthus (_the judge of Asiatics and Africans_). The MUSES are three times three. Jupiter’s thunder is three-forked (_trifĭdun_); Neptune’s trident has three prongs; Pluto’s dog, Cerbĕrus, has three heads. The rivers of hell are three times three, and Styx flows round it thrice three times. In Scandinavian mythology there are three times three earths; three times three worlds in Niflheim; three times three regions under the dominion of Hel. According to a mediæval tradition, the heavens are three times three., viz., the Moon, Venus, Mercury, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the fixed stars and the primum mobĭlê. SYMBOLIC. (1) In the tabernacle and Jewish Temple. The _Temple_ consisted of three parts: the porch, the Temple proper and the holy of holies. It had three courts: the court of the priests, the court of the people and the court of foreigners. The innermost court had three rows, and three windows in each row (_1 Kings_ vi. 36; vii. 4). Similarly, Ezekiel’s city had three gates on each side (_Ezek._ xlviii. 31). Cyrus left direction for the rebuilding of the Temple; it was to be three score cubits in height, and three score cubits wide, and three rows of great stones were to be set up (_Ezra_ vi. 3, 4). In like manner, the “New Jerusalem” is to have four times three foundations: (1) jasper, (2) sapphire, (3) chalcedony, (4) emerald, (5) sardonyx, (6) sardius, (7) chrysolyte, (8) beryl, (9) topaz, (10) chrysoprase, (11) jacinth, (12) amethyst. It is to have three gates fronting each cardinal quarter (_Rev._ xxi. 13-20). (2) In the _Temple Furniture_: The golden candlestick had three branches on each side (_Exod._ xxv. 32); there were three bowls (ver. 33); the height of the altar was three cubits (_Exod._ xxvii. 1); there were three pillars for the hangings (ver. 14); Solomon’s molten sea was supported on oxen, three facing each cardinal point (_1 Kings_ vii. 25). (3) _Sacrifices and Offerings_: A meat offering consisted of three-tenth deals of fine flour (_Lev._ xiv. 10); Hannah offered up three bullocks when Samuel was devoted to the temple (_1 Sam._ i. 24); three sorts of beasts--bullocks, rams, and lambs--were appointed for offerings (_Numb._ xxix.); the Jews were commanded to keep three national feasts yearly (_Exod._. xxiii. 14-17); in all criminal charges three witnesses were required (_Deut._ xvii. 6).