Tisiphone

[ti-sif-uh-nee]

noun Classical Mythology.

one of the Furies.

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Historical Examples of tisiphone

Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)
Geoffrey Chaucer
Let Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone shriek and wail ever so loudly, they shall not break it.
The Serf
Guy Thorne
That was the next, and they appointed one Tisiphone, a fury of the lake, to do it.
The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus
John Bunyan
She spoke with the wrath of a Tisiphone whipping herself to a frenzy.
The Cup of Fury
Rupert Hughes
Orpheus is about to turn back, but he is stopped by Tisiphone.
Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
William James Henderson

British Dictionary definitions for tisiphone

Tisiphone

noun

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

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