Erinyes

Bedeutung (Englisch)

The Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.

Konzepte

Erinyen

Erinnyen

Synonyme

Eumenides

Fury

Übersetzungen

Érinyes

Ερινύες

Erínias

Erinni

Erinias

Erinyen

Erinias

إرينيات

Erinyeler

Eumènides

acharnement

Furie

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɪˈɹɪniˌiːz/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνύες (Erīnúes, literally “Avengers”).