Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Crowell, 1970 - 631 pages Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths. |
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Page 231
... Erinyes . Female spirits who punished offenders against blood kin . The Erin- yes , whom the Romans called Furies , were born , together with the Giants and the Meliae , from the earth when it was fertilized by drops of blood from the ...
... Erinyes . Female spirits who punished offenders against blood kin . The Erin- yes , whom the Romans called Furies , were born , together with the Giants and the Meliae , from the earth when it was fertilized by drops of blood from the ...
Page 232
... Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious Eumenides . Their maddening of Orestes is demonstrated ( without their ...
... Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious Eumenides . Their maddening of Orestes is demonstrated ( without their ...
Page 237
... ERINYES , but it is not certain that they were generally regarded as having the harsh side of the Erinyes . Eumolpus . A Thracian ally of the Eleusinians . Eumolpus was a son of Chione by Poseidon . Fearing the anger of her father ...
... ERINYES , but it is not certain that they were generally regarded as having the harsh side of the Erinyes . Eumolpus . A Thracian ally of the Eleusinians . Eumolpus was a son of Chione by Poseidon . Fearing the anger of her father ...
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