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Page 231
... Erinyes . Female spirits who punished offenders against blood kin . The Erinyes , 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 Erinyes , 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 233
... 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 335
... Erinyes , both in their appearance and in their function , which was to claim and carry off the bodies of the dead to Hades . They personified , however , only the inevitability of death and generally lacked the retributive duties of ...
... Erinyes , both in their appearance and in their function , which was to claim and carry off the bodies of the dead to Hades . They personified , however , only the inevitability of death and generally lacked the retributive duties of ...
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According accounts Achilles Adrastus Aeschylus Aetolia ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius appeared Argonauts Argos Artemis Athens became bore brother brought called carried caused child claimed Crete daughter death descendants died Dionysus earth eponym Eteocles Euripides Fabulae father fell followed force gave Giants give given goddess gods Greek Hades hand head Helen Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer honor horse husband Hyginus identified Iliad island Italy Jason killed king known land later leader lived married Medea Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder myths nymph Odysseus offered once oracle originally Ovid Pausanias perhaps Perseus Poseidon punished refused region remained returned river Roman rule sailed seems sent ships sister sons story Thebes Theseus Thestius throne told took Trojan Troy turned wife women worshiped writers young youth Zeus