The share that falls to each person in the order of the world, above all the hour of death. Hector tells Andromache that no one escapes moira once born, and Hera says in Book XX that Achilles will suffer later what destiny spun for him at birth. The gods respect it: when Zeus considers saving Sarpedon or Hector, the objection he hears is that the man has been destined for a long time.
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