In due time their number was increased by the three terrible Centimani (Hundred-handed), Cottus, Briareus, and Gyes, who were sent thither by Uranus to share their fate. […] Their three sons were Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon. […] And they were not alone to watch for her coming, for the three Charities (Graces, or Gratiæ) were also present. […] The three Fates (Mœræ, Parcæ), sisters, also sat near Pluto’s throne. […] On each side of the building there was one door and three windows.

The hundred-handed monsters, or Hecatonchires, were also three in number. […] To them were born three daughters, Vesta, Ceres, and Juno, and three sons, Pluto, Neptune, and Jupiter. […] They were three in number, — Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia. […] (6) The Fates, three in number, — Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. […] 178 — A certain king and queen had three daughters.