Sors governs the casting of lots and the unpredictable decrees of fortune, closely related to Fortuna. In Roman religion, lots were used for divination and decision-making. In poetry, Sors appears as an agent of destiny, emphasizing life’s randomness and divine will. Poets invoke him in contexts of chance, prophecy, or existential uncertainty, using him to question human agency versus cosmic design in elegiac and philosophical verse.

Sors (plural Sortes) is the personification of fate, lot, or random chance; appears in Virgil and Ovid; symbolizes divine will, unpredictability, and decision-making; useful in poetry about destiny, gambling, or divination; students should note the practice of Sortes (drawing lots for oracles, e.g., Sortes Virgilianae); Sors is linked to Fortuna but emphasizes randomness over fortune; temples housed sacred lots; she reflects Roman reliance on omens.