Erinyes
Meanings
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- The Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνύες (Erīnúes, literally “Avengers”).
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