eumenides
Noun
Meaning
A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
fury
erinyes
rage
madness
craze
spitfire
frenzy
ferocity
hysteria
delirium
virago
hellcat
wildness
vehemence
fierceness
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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.
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.