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noun - (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
The Furies.
ERINYES - In Greek mythology the Erinyes (; sing. Erinys ; Greek: [], pl. of [], Erinys), also known as the Furies, were female chthonic deities of vengeance...
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| (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals |
| (in Greek mythology) a Fury. |
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| In Greek mythology the Erinyes (; sing. Erinys ; Greek: [], pl. of [], Erinys), also known as the Furies, were female chthonic deities of vengeance; they were sometimes referred to as "infernal goddesses" ( ). A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes them as "the Erinyes, that under earth take vengeance on men, whosoever hath sworn a false oath". Walter Burkert suggests they are "an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath". They correspond to the Dirae in Roman mythology. The Roman writer Maurus Servius Honoratus wrote that they are called "Eumenides" in hell, "Furiae" on earth, and "Dirae" in heaven.According to Hesiod's Theogony, when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea, the Erinyes (along with the Giants and the Meliae) emerged from the drops of blood which fell on the earth (Gaia), while Aphrodite was born from the crests of sea foam. According to variant accounts, they emerged from an even more primordial levelfrom |