Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Erinyes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Erinys \E*rin"ys\, n.; pl. {Erinyes}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class.
Myth.)
An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience
personified. [Written also {Erinnys}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Erinyes
n : (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters
(usually three in number) who pursued unpunished
criminals [syn: {Fury}, {Eumenides}, {Erinyes}]
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