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Erinyes
Erinys E*rin"ys, n.; pl. Erinyes. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also Erinnys.]

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- may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Linear B. The Erinyes (/ɪˈrɪni.iːz/ ih-RI-nee-eez; Ancient Gr****: Ἐρινύες, sg. Ἐρινύς Erinys)...
- 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...
- Megaera is one of the Erinyes in Gr**** mythology. Megaera may also refer to: 464 Megaira, an asteroid named after the Erinye HMS Megaera (1849), a Royal...
- 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...
- 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...
- Ur****, from Ur****'s blood, which splattered onto the earth, came the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants, and the Meliae. Also, according to the Theogony,...
- 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...
- Gr****: Ἀληκτώ, romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'Unceasing anger') is one of the Erinyes or Furies in Gr**** mythology. According to Hesiod, Alecto was the daughter...
- are presumed to be daughters of Nyx. They are also ****ociated with the Erinyes, the three fearsome goddesses of vengeance. They are also sometimes said...
- 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 Gr**** word...