Atropos Key - Hermann Park

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ATROPOS KEY - HERMANN PARK

Miller Outdoor Theatre

6000 Hermann Park Drive

Houston, Texas, 77030, USA

832-487-7102

Situated at the top of the hill at Miller Outdoor Theatre, the Atropos Key is a cast bronze sculpture on top of a concrete base. Artist Hannah Holliday Steward created the statue in 1972. It was presented to the City of Houston by Patricia S. Woodward and it was dedicated on August 24, 2009. The name of the piece refers to Atropos, one of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny in Greek mythology. Along with her sisters, Atropos was responsible for the destiny of humans. According to ancient myth, she worked the shears that cut the thread of life. Her sisters spun it and measured its length.

 
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