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.