Furies

/ (ˈfjʊərɪz) /

pl n singular Fury

classical myth the snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, usually three in number, who pursued unpunished criminalsAlso called: Erinyes, Eumenides

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But it turns out The Furies of Maidan is not a figment of his imagination.
Want a Good Look at Putin’s Pervy Propaganda? See ‘The Furies of Maidan’|Cathy Young|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like the Furies, the Cheneys stand for unreason and emotionalism.
Cheney Blood Lust|Lee Siegel|October 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Her indecent haste, her hideous petition, show that she shared the furies of her race.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
Had not the old Marquis of Norborough been celebrated through his entire life for his furies?
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett

So Berlioz started for Italy, smarting with rage and pain, as if the Furies were lashing him with their scorpion whips.
Great Musical Composers|George T. Ferris
The blacke infernall Furies, the Erinyes, or goddesses of vengeance, who dwelt in Erebus.
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I|Edmund Spenser
Let the individual descend below a certain level, and countless dead suddenly seize and destroy him,—like the Furies.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2|Elizabeth Bisland

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Furies

In classical mythology, hideous female monsters who relentlessly pursued evildoers.

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