Erinyes

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英文释义

专有名词
  1. 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. Greek
    — The Erinyes, as defenders of older mother-right, deny the possibility of absolution for the slayer of a mother.

词形变化

Erinys singular

词源

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