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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-rin-is, ih-rahy-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɪn ɪs, ɪˈraɪ nɪs

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Définition of erinyes

Origin :
  • (plural erinyes), one of the three avenging spirits (Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera) in Greek religion, of unknown origin, perhaps "the angry spirit" (cf. Arcadian erinein "to be angry," Greek orinein "to raise, stir, excite," eris "strife, discord"). Related: Erinnic.
  • As in devil : noun demon
Example sentences :
  • But Orestes was not yet relieved from the vengeance of the Erinyes.
  • Extract from : « The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) » by Charles Mills Gayley
  • Why do the Erinyes persecute him and not her who is far more guilty?
  • Extract from : « The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State » by Frederick Engels
  • The blacke infernall Furies, the Erinyes, or goddesses of vengeance, who dwelt in Erebus.
  • Extract from : « Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I » by Edmund Spenser
  • The Erinyes or Eumenides are the deities whose business it is to punish, in hades, the crimes committed upon earth.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • The Erinyes brought their accusation, and Orestes pleaded the command of the Delphic oracle as his excuse.
  • Extract from : « The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) » by Charles Mills Gayley
  • Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Thus they were supposed to have borne away the daughters of King Pandareos to act as servants to the Erinyes.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome » by E.M. Berens
  • The whole question is summarized in the ensuing debate between Orestes and the Erinyes.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State » by Frederick Engels
  • The poet when he wrote like this saw the Erinyes with his own eyes, and he almost compels his readers to see them too.
  • Extract from : « On the Sublime » by Longinus
  • The real name of the Furies was the “Erinyes,” which means the desperate madness of those whom the gods or fates have cursed.
  • Extract from : « Gods and Heroes » by R. E. Francillon

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