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Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins.
HOWARDS ENDE. M. FORSTERThus they were supposed to have borne away the daughters of King Pandareos to act as servants to the Erinyes.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROMEE.M. BERENSThe whole question is summarized in the ensuing debate between Orestes and the Erinyes.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATEFREDERICK ENGELSThe real name of the Furies was the “Erinyes,” which means the desperate madness of those whom the gods or fates have cursed.
GODS AND HEROESR. E. FRANCILLONBeneath, at the north-eastern corner, is the cleft which formed the sanctuary of the Σεμναί, or Erinyes.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 2, SLICE 7VARIOUSThe poet when he wrote like this saw the Erinyes with his own eyes, and he almost compels his readers to see them too.
ON THE SUBLIMELONGINUSBut Orestes was not yet relieved from the vengeance of the Erinyes.
THE CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND IN ART (2ND ED.) (1911)CHARLES MILLS GAYLEYThe Erinyes brought their accusation, and Orestes pleaded the command of the Delphic oracle as his excuse.
THE CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND IN ART (2ND ED.) (1911)CHARLES MILLS GAYLEYThe Erinyes or Eumenides are the deities whose business it is to punish, in hades, the crimes committed upon earth.
CHRISTIANITY AND GREEK PHILOSOPHYBENJAMIN FRANKLIN COCKERBut my father soon came to know, and cursed me bitterly, calling the dread Erinyes to witness.
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