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Eumenides
Eumenides may refer to:
- Erinyes, or Eumenides, Greek deities of vengeance
- The Eumenides, the third part of Aeschylus' Greek tragedy, the Oresteia
Eumenides
Noun
1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
(synonym) Fury, Erinyes
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
(hyponym) Alecto
(classification) classical mythology
Eumenides
(n. pl.)
A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Eumenides
[Greek] A euphemistic Greek term for the Erinyes (Furies). The name means something like "the kind ones, the well-minded, or well-disposed ones, or protectors of the suppliant". This title was applied to the Furies, who were female spirits who tormented the guilty. They were born from the blood of Uranus. Uranus was killed by his own son Cronus, who was helping his mother, Gaia. Gaia made a sickle from her body so Cronus could arm himself. When Uranus' blood fell upon the earth, the Furies were made. It was also used for the title of the play called Oresteia. It was the third play in the series.
Eumenides
Eumenides (Greek) [from
eumenides beneficent or gracious ones]. Beneficent deities; they appear in the famous Greek tragedy
The Eumenidies by Aeschylus. Originally karmic agents, called by the ancient Greeks avenging Erinyes (Furies), whose functions it is to attend upon human acts such as crimes and to bring about the reestablishment of the broken harmony, immediately after which they are seen in their real character: divinities of beneficence and beauty.
See also ERINYES
