Erinyes

/ ɪˈrɪnɪˌiːz /

plural noun

1. myth another name for the Furies

Example Sentences

There are even references to the Erinyes — the Furies of Greek myth — that I missed the first time around, whose mention foreshadows the important role they play in the series finale.

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"The sun shall not transgress his measures," says Heraclitus; "if he does he shall be pursued by Erinyes, till justice be re-fulfilled."

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In Aeschylus, the Erinyes are represented as awful, Gorgon-like women, wearing long black robes, with snaky locks, bloodshot eyes and claw-like nails.

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Paternal law has gained a victory over maternal law, the deities of the "younger generation," as the Erinyes call them, vanquish the latter.

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But the Greeks believed that if any man killed one of his own kinsfolk, he would be pursued and driven mad by the Furies called the Erinyes, terrible winged women with cruel claws.

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