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In Greek mythology the Erinýes (Ἐρινύες, pl. of Ἐρινύς, Erinýs; lit. "the angry ones") or Eumenídes (Εὐμενίδες, pl. of Εὐμενίς; lit. "the gracious ones") or Furies in Roman mythology were female...
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The ERINYES are Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone 1. ... This is how the ERINYES came to be: Cronos the Titan revolted against the first ruler of the universe, his father Uranus, and waiting for him in an ambush took a long sickle with jagged teeth, cut off Uranus' genitals, and cast them away to fall behind him (see...
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THE ERINYES were three netherworld goddesses who avenged crimes against the natural order. They were particularly concerned with homicide, unfilial conduct, crimes against the gods, and perjury. A victim seeking justice could call down the curse of the Erinys upon the criminal.
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The Erinyes were goddesses who punished the impois and criminal. They were particularly concerned with those crimes which most offended gods: patricide, matricide, betrayal of parents and family, murder, manslaughter, the breaking of oaths and crimes against the gods.
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Learn about the Erinyes in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources ... Erinyes in Greek Mythology; "The Furies, in Greek Erinyes, or euphemistically Eumenides, were avenging spirits of retributive justice. Their names, when in course of time their number had come to be fixed as three, were Alecto, Megaera,
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Without mercy, the Erinyes would punish all crime including the breaking of rules considering all aspects of society. They would strike the offenders with madness and never stopped following criminals. The worst of all crimes were patricide or matricide, and first and foremost, the Erinyes would punish this kind of crime.
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I painted the Erinyes in 1988 for "the Furies" bookcover. The Erinyes are included in the Goddess Oracle. ... Erinyes from Goddesses and Heroines ... The dreaded Erinyes hounded to death, like a tortured conscience, anyone who spilled such blood, painfully created by his maternal relatives, for kinship was traced through...
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Erinyes (European mythology) Literal meaning: ‘the angry ones’. They were the avenging deities of Greek mythology, the Furies who pursued the ... The Erinyes tracked down those who wrongly shed blood, and especially the blood of the mother. Thus they pursued Orestes because, despite the fact that he had acted in...
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the Erinys (Erinyes) (also called Dirae, Furiae, Eumenides or ; Semnae) would pursue criminals, at the beqest of Nemesis, permitting the fugitive no rest. An example of the above is the tale of Agamemnon's son, Orestes, who slew his mother, Klytaemnestra, in revenge for his father's death.
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