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Tisiphone

American  
[ti-sif-uh-nee] / tɪˈsɪf əˌni /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.


Tisiphone British  
/ tɪˈsɪfənɪ /

noun

  1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Alecto and Megaera

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They were usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“More specifically,” he went on, “that’s the Swordgrass Brown Tisiphone Abeona.”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

In an iron tower adjoining sat Tisiphone, the eldest of the Furies, watching the gate.

From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various

The same night the Tisiphone sailed; Saumarez remaining as an acting post-captain, with a ship of seventy-four guns under him.

From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

From one side Venus, from one opposite Juno, daughter of Saturn, looks on; pale Tisiphone rages among the many thousand men.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

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