Tisiphone
Americannoun
noun
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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
The Furies, called sometimes Eumenides, Diræ, and Manes, are the daughters of Nox and Acheron: their names are Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megæra, and are known by the common name of Erinnys.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
Say, what Tisiphone, what snakes, are driving you mad?
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
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
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