Erinyes

/ ɪˈrɪnɪˌiːz /

plural noun

1. See Furies
   myth another name for the Furies

Example Sentences

Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins.

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Thus they were supposed to have borne away the daughters of King Pandareos to act as servants to the Erinyes.

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The whole question is summarized in the ensuing debate between Orestes and the Erinyes.

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The real name of the Furies was the “Erinyes,” which means the desperate madness of those whom the gods or fates have cursed.

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Beneath, at the north-eastern corner, is the cleft which formed the sanctuary of the Σεμναί, or Erinyes.

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