Erinys Definition

noun

(Greek mythology) One of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.

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Origin of Erinys

  • From Ancient Greek Ἐρινύς (Erinus). Possibly the angry spirits from the Greek orinein, (to raise, stir, excite [towards anger])

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Erinys Sentence Examples

  • The name is used in Anglo-Saxon glossaries to translate various Latin terms for "War-goddess" or "Fury" (Bellona, Erinys, &c.).

  • According to Farnell, the meaning of the epithet is to be looked for in the original conception of Erinys, which was that of an earth-goddess akin to Ge, thus naturally associated with Demeter, rather than that of a wrathful avenging deity.

  • Sometimes one Erinys is mentioned, sometimes several; Euripides first spoke of them as three in number, to whom later Alexandrian writers gave the names Alecto (unceasing in anger), Tisiphone (avenger of murder), Megaera (jealous).

  • If the accused is acquitted, the state undertakes to appease the soul of the murdered person or its judicial representative, the Erinys.

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