may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Linear B. The Erinyes (/ɪˈrɪni.iːz/ ih-RI-nee-eez; sing. Erinys /ɪˈrɪnɪs, ɪˈraɪnɪs/ ih-RIN-iss...
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Greek underworld (section The Erinyes)
nation was harboring such a criminal, the Erinyes would cause starvation and disease to the nation. The Erinyes were dreaded by the living since they embodied...
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Alecto (category Erinyes)
romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'the implacable or unceasing anger') is one of the Erinyes (Furies) in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, Alecto was the daughter...
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monsters. The Pythian priestess of Apollo compares the appearance of the Erinyes, cthonic goddesses of vengeance, with those of harpies in the following...
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hymn, Melinoë has characteristics that seem similar to Hecate and the Erinyes, and Melinoë's name is sometimes thought to be an epithet of Hecate. The...
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underworld Residents Aeacus Angelos Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades Hecate Hypnos Melinoë Menoetius Minos Moirai Nyx Persephone...
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acquittal in accordance with the rules previously stipulated by Athena. The Erinye, who insisted on Orestes' responsibility in the murder, are converted into...
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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and/or agriculture. This makes some deities such as Hades, Persephone, and Erinyes more likely to be considered chthonic due to their proximity to the underworld...
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blood that spilled out from Uranus and fell upon the earth, the Gigantes, Erinyes, and Meliae were produced. The testicles produced a white foam from which...
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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Megaera (category Erinyes)
Greek: Μέγαιρα, romanized: Mégaira, lit. 'the jealous one') is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology. Bibliotheca Classica states...
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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being, and sometimes in the plural as Poenai (Ποιναί) and are akin to the Erinyes. Her Roman equivalent may have been Ultio. The Greek word poinḗ (ποινή)...
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Pylades carry out the revenge, and consequently Orestes is pursued by the Erinyes or Furies (female personifications of vengeance). Apollo and the Furies...
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common in Indoeuropean grammar (usually for chthonic deities like the Erinyes) and the duality was used for Demeter and Persephone in classical Greece...
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Eumenides may refer to: Erinyes, or Eumenides, Greek deities of vengeance The Eumenides, the third part of Aeschylus' Greek tragedy, the Oresteia This...
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Zeus Consort Persephone Children Macaria, and in some cases Zagreus, Dionysus, and the Erinyes Equivalents Roman equivalent Pluto, Dis Pater, Orcus...
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Patroclus and that a god would soon kill Achilles too. After this, the Erinyes struck the horse dumb. Based on fragments from Alcman and Stesichorus,...
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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Barbazu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) Baatezu, Lesser – Erinyes Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) Based on the figures from...
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Other major deities Anemoi Boreas Eurus Notus Zephyrus Azone Chrysaor Cybele Eileithyia The Erinyes (Furies) Harmonia The Muses Nemesis Pan Pegasus Zelus...
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Briareus Cottus Gyges Cyclopes Arges Brontes Steropes Other siblings Gigantes Erinyes (the Furies) Meliae Half-siblings Aphrodite Eurybia Ceto Nereus Phorcys...
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Theogony, Horkos was the son of Eris (Strife), attended at birth by the Erinyes (Furies), with no father mentioned. Like all the children of Eris, Horkos...
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with Electra helping). Before her death, Clytemnestra cursed Orestes. The Erinyes or Furies, whose duty it is to punish any violation of the ties of family...
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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Aeschylus' Eumenides Pheres is mentioned by the Chorus of Erinyes of Clytemnestra. The Erinyes were the avengers for the mother-blood Orestes spilled by...
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Tisiphone (category Erinyes)
Greek: Τισιφόνη, romanized: Tisiphónē), or Tilphousia, was one of the three Erinyes or Furies. Her sisters were Alecto and Megaera. She and her sisters punished...
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tragedy Orestes, Athena intervenes to save Orestes from the wrath of the Erinyes and presides over his trial for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra....
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Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Angelos Demeter Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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