Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A group of usually three goddesses, often described as benevolent fertility deities but identified in some traditions with the Furies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In classical mythology, the Erinyes or Furies: a euphemistic name. See
Erinys and fury. - Same as
Eumenidæ . - A group of lepidopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this connection it is obvious to refer to the euphemistic title Eumenides, bestowed by the
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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When Oedipus takes refuge in a wood beside the road it is just such a wood as blind Raftery might have found, for it is sacred to certain spirits called Eumenides, which means Good People.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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Let me now give you another passage from the "Eumenides" -- or
Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847
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These divinities were also called Eumenides, which signifies the
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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_Enter on the stage an array of Matrons and Girls in festal robes, as worn in the rites of the Furies, now called Eumenides or 'Gentle
Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Richard Green Moulton 1886
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Just as the Greeks called the Furies "Eumenides," the benevolent ones, so is Robin called Good-fellow; the ballad of _Tam
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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Some accept the judgment and stay as "Eumenides" in Athens; others know no law nor mercy.
The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides 480? BC-406 BC Euripides 1911
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"Eumenides" are greatest where all is great; they have the sublimity of the old prophets.
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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The last piece, "Eumenides," has a distinct political purpose.
Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles Goldwin Smith 1866
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"Eumenides;" of senators, as in the "Antigone" of Sophocles; or of village farmers, as in his "OEdipus at Colonos" -- and now I have named five of the greatest poems, as I hold, written by mortal man till
Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847
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