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| | Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Three. |
 | | Pythagoras calls three the perfect number, expressive of beginning, middle, and end, wherefore he makes it a symbol of Deity. |
 | | The world was supposed to be under the rule of three gods, viz. |
 | | The Fates are three, the Furies three, the Graces three, the Harpies three, the Sibylline books three; the fountain from which Hylas drew water was presided over by three nymphs, and the Muses were three times three; the pythoness sat on a tripod. |
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