eumenides

Noun

Meaning

A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fury erinyes rage madness craze spitfire frenzy ferocity hysteria delirium virago hellcat vehemence wildness fierceness

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Hyponyms

Alecto Megaera Tisiphone

Examples

Aeschylus Aeschylus wrote in The Eumenides that Hermes helped Orestes kill Clytemnestra under a false identity and other stratagems, and also said that he was the god of searches, and those who seek things lost or stolen. Source: Internet

The foundation of the oracle is described by three early writers: the author of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Aeschylus in the prologue to the Eumenides, and Euripides in a chorus in the Iphigeneia in Tauris. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Eumemmerring Eumenes eumenid eumenine eumenophorine eumenorrhea