may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Linear B. The Erinyes (/ɪˈrɪni.iːz/ ih-RI-nee-eez; Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sg. Ἐρινύς Erinys)...
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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)
Greek: Ἀληκτώ, romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'Unceasing anger') is one of the Erinyes or Furies in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, Alecto was the daughter...
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are presumed to be daughters of Nyx. They are also associated with the Erinyes, the three fearsome goddesses of vengeance. They are also sometimes said...
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man, as in Homer's Odyssey. The Arae are sometimes identified with the Erinyes. "[She] is exceedingly angry with her father, and in her affliction she...
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Eumenides, Orestes goes mad after killing his mother and is pursued by the Erinyes (Furies), whose duty it is to punish any violation of the ties of family...
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Greek cult of the body that was essentially a religious activity. The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai...
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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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beings—in the plural, the name is Poenai (Ποιναί); the Poenai are akin to the Erinyes. Her Roman equivalent may have been Ultio.[citation needed] The Greek word...
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In addition, there were the dark powers of the underworld, such as the Erinyes (or Furies), said to pursue those guilty of crimes against blood-relatives...
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Devil Dragon Elemental - a being of the alchemical works of Paracelsus Erinyes Fairies Fenghuang Fionnuala Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent...
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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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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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agriculture. This makes some deities such as Hades, Persephone, and the Erinyes more likely to be considered chthonic due to their proximity to the underworld...
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Uranus, from Uranus's blood, which splattered onto the earth, came the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants, and the Meliae. Also, according to the Theogony,...
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Devil (Dungeons & Dragons) (redirect from Erinyes (Dungeons & Dragons))
included the barbed devil (lesser devil), the bone devil (lesser devil), the erinyes (lesser devil), the horned devil (malebranche) (greater devil), the ice...
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Look up Furies or furies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Furies (Erinyes) are the deities of vengeance in Greek mythology. Furies may also refer...
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in other tellings. 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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Oedipus has come with his daughters Antigone and Ismene as suppliants of the Erinyes and of Theseus, the king of Athens. Led by Antigone, Oedipus enters the...
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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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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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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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underworld Residents Aeacus Angelos Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades Hecate Hypnos Melinoë Menoetius Minos Moirai Nyx Persephone...
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Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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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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underworld Residents Aeacus Angelos Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades Hecate Hypnos Melinoë Menoetius Minos Moirai Nyx Persephone...
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phenomenon of day and night by if the Sun "oversteps his measures", then "Erinyes, the ministers of Justice, will find him out". Heraclitus further wrote...
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Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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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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Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Chthonic deities Hades Persephone Erinyes Gaia Hecate Iacchus Melinoë Triptolemus Trophonius Lesser deities Alpheus...
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