Dirae

American  

[dahy-ree] / ˈdaɪ ri /

plural noun

Roman Mythology.

1. the Furies. See fury.

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Example Sentences

There was a finely ferocious energy in the Dirae ending with The Descent into Hell of 9th January 1873, and there is a good swinging and slashing vigour in The Commonweal of 1886.

From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur

Two short poems called Dirae and Lydia, which used to be printed among Virgil's Catalecta, bear his name, but are now generally regarded as spurious.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

The poet of the Ciris, the Copa, the Dirae, and the Bucolics is never far to seek in the Aeneid.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney

Those which are beneficial they call Jupiter, Juno, Mercury, Ceres; those who are mischievous the Dirae, Furies, and Mars.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

The Dirae takes the form of a "cursing roundel," a form once employed by Callimachus, who may have inherited it from the East.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney