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Ἐρινύς
Ἐρινύς Ἐρίνῡς not Ἐριννύς the Erinys or Fury, an avenging deity, in sg. and pl., Hom., Trag.:—the number Three first in Eur.; the names Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto only in late writers. At Athens they were called Εὐμενίδες, Σεμναί. as appellat., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from oneʼs mother, Hom.; but Ἐρινῦς πατρός the blood-guiltiness of his sire, Hes.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς distraction, Soph.:—in Trag. persons sent to be curses to men are called Ἐρινύες.

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the Erinys

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Ἐρινύς
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ἐρινύς
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ερινυς
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Ἐρινύς Ἐρίνῡς not Ἐριννύς the Erinys or Fury, an avenging deity, in sg. and pl., Hom., Trag.:—the number Three first in Eur.; the names Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto only in late writers. At Athens they were called Εὐμενίδες, Σεμναί. as appellat., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from oneʼs mother, Hom.; but Ἐρινῦς πατρός the blood-guiltiness of his sire, Hes.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς distraction, Soph.:—in Trag. persons sent to be curses to men are called Ἐρινύες.
IDX:
13183
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n13188
Key:
*)erinu/s

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