Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Eumenides"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eumenides \Eu*men"i*des\, n. pl. [L., from Gr. ? lit., gracious
goddesses.] (Class. Myth.)
A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Eumenides
n : (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters
(usually three in number) who pursued unpunished
criminals [syn: {Fury}, {Eumenides}, {Erinyes}]
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