Alecto

[uh-lek-toh]

noun Classical Mythology.

one of the Furies.

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Historical Examples of alecto

Juno, as in the neid, delegated the work of vengeance to Alecto.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)
Geoffrey Chaucer
Then Alecto hied her to the place where Ilus was hunting the beasts of the forest.
Stories of the Old world
Alfred John Church
Let Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone shriek and wail ever so loudly, they shall not break it.
The Serf
Guy Thorne
Juno, as in the Aeneid, delegated the work of vengeance to Alecto.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Fanny Burney

British Dictionary definitions for alecto

Alecto

noun

Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone

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