- three-character
triptych of
Erinyes; in
Canto IX of the
Inferno they
confront the
poets at the
gates of the city of Dis.
Whilst the
Erinyes were
usually described...
-
nation was
harboring such a criminal, the
Erinyes would cause starvation and
disease to the nation. The
Erinyes were
dreaded by the
living since they embodied...
- romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'the
implacable or
unceasing anger') is one of the
Erinyes (Furies) in Gr**** mythology.
According to Hesiod,
Alecto was the daughter...
-
Oedipus has come with his
daughters Antigone and
Ismene as
suppliants of the
Erinyes and of Theseus, the king of Athens. Led by Antigone,
Oedipus enters the...
- Eumenides,
Orestes goes mad
after killing his
mother and is
pursued by the
Erinyes (Furies),
whose duty it is to
punish any
violation of the ties of family...
- hymn, Melinoë has
characteristics that seem
similar to
Hecate and the
Erinyes, and Melinoë's name is
sometimes thought to be an
epithet of Hecate. Melinoë...
- and/or agriculture. This
makes some
deities such as Hades, ****phone, and
Erinyes more
likely to be
considered chthonic due to
their proximity to the underworld...
-
Megaera is one of the
Erinyes in Gr**** mythology.
Megaera may also
refer to: 464 Megaira, an
asteroid named after the
Erinye HMS
Megaera (1849), a Royal...
- being, and
sometimes in the
plural as
Poenai (Ποιναί) and are akin to the
Erinyes. Her
Roman equivalent may have been Ultio. The Gr**** word poinḗ (ποινή)...
- Gr****: Τισιφόνη, romanized: Tisiphónē), or Tilphousia, was one of the
three Erinyes or Furies. Her
sisters were
Alecto and Megaera. She and her
sisters punished...
