Furies

fu·ry

F0372100 (fyo͝or′ē)n. pl. fu·ries 1. a. Violent anger; rage. See Synonyms at anger.b. A fit of anger: "I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).2. a. Violent or frenzied action: the storm's fury.b. A violent disturbance or intense period of activity: "The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).3. Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.

[Middle English furie, from Old French, from Latin furia, from furere, to rage.]

Furies

(ˈfjʊərɪz) pl n, sing Fury (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth the snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, usually three in number, who pursued unpunished criminals. Also called: Erinyes or Eumenides

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Furies

Erinyes

(ērĭn`ē-ēz), in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, three daughters of Mother Earth, conceived from the blood of Uranus, when Kronos castrated him. They were powerful divinities that personified conscience and punished crimes against kindred blood, especially matricide. They were usually represented as winged women with serpent hair. Their names were Megaera [jealous], Tisiphone [blood avenger], and Alecto [unceasing in pursuit]. When called upon to act, they hounded their victims until they died in a "furor" of madness or torment. In the myth of Orestes they appear as Clytemnestra's agents of revenge. After Athena absolved Orestes of guilt in the murder of his mother, she gave the Furies a grotto at Athens where they received sacrifices and libations, and became euphemistically known as the Eumenides [kindly ones].

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See Aeschylus' play, The Eumenides.

Furies

horrible avengers of crimes. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 381]See: Vengeance

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