Erinys
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That morning – at 11.49 – Lugovoi called Litvinenko from Gatwick airport to confirm their meeting that afternoon at the intelligence firm Erinys in Grosvenor Street.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
After leaving Erinys, Litvinenko took the pair to his favourite branch of Itsu in Piccadilly Circus, close to the Ritz.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
When nuclear scientists examined the Erinys table, they found that, in Reilly’s damning words, it was “heaving” with radioactive contamination.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
Mr Litvinenko was also asked to help improve access to Russian gas giant Gazprom, one of the world's biggest companies, for Mr Holmes's business Erinys.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2015
The Scholiast offers the derivation ‘μωλυειν, to make charms of no avail’; but this is exactly like Professor Blackie’s etymological discovery that Erinys is derived from ερινυειν: ‘he might as well derive critic from criticise.’
From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew
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.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2012
The dread forms of his pursuers, the Erinyes, the Furies, were arrayed against him, but Orestes listened calmly to their demand for vengeance.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Heraclitus says, “Not even the sun will transgress his orbit but the Erinyes, the ministers of justice, overtake him.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The other monsters were finally driven from the earth, but not the Erinyes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Although Athena had pronounced him clear of guilt, in this story all the Erinyes had not accepted the verdict.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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