Erinyes (English, name)
expansion: Erinyes (singular Erinys)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: Greek
Forms:
form: Erinys
tags: singular