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ERINYES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

Synonyms:

Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

classical mythology (the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Erinyes"):

Alecto; Megaera; Tisiphone (one of the three Furies)

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