Meanings of erinyes in English

But Orestes was not yet relieved from the vengeance of the Erinyes.

Let us cover her dishonour if we see it, lest we should provoke the Erinyes.

To Nemesis with them, to Ate and the Erinyes!

The epithet is applied to Zeus and the Erinyes as the deities of revenge and punishment.

The Erinyes brought forward their accusation, and Orestes made the command of the Delphic oracle his excuse.

But my father soon came to know, and cursed me bitterly, calling the dread Erinyes to witness.

Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins.

Thus they were supposed to have borne away the daughters of King Pandareos to act as servants to the Erinyes.

Sensible people are open to argument, and you know that the Erinyes always range themselves on the side of the older person.

The Erinyes or Furies were female divinities who personified the torturing pangs of an evil conscience, and the remorse which inevitably follows wrong-doing.

(Also known as Erinyes, Eumenides)