Erinyes

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

Erinyen

Synoniemen

Eumenides

Fury

Vertalingen

Érinyes

Ερινύες

Erinyen

Erinias

Erínias

Erinni

Erinias

إرينيات

Erinyeler

Eumènides

Erinnyen

acharnement

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈɹɪniˌiːz/

Etymologie (Engels)

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