Erinyes (Furies) - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · The Erinyes were usually regarded as virgin goddesses, but some local variants (such as the Arcadian Demeter Erinys) had divine consorts. In ancient art, the Erinyes’ attributes included wings, snake hair, hunting boots, and a short chiton (a kind of tunic). They were often depicted punishing the dead in the Underworld.
Eumenides - Mythopedia
2023年5月2日 · This enrages the Erinyes, who are on the brink of unleashing their wrath upon Athens. However, Athena placates them with the promise of new cult honors in Athens. Putting on new crimson robes, the Erinyes thus become the “Eumenides”—that is, the “Kindly Ones.” In the exodus, a second Chorus made up of Athenian women arrives on stage.
Nyx - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Such euphemistic names were often applied to sinister powers as a way to placate them and neutralize their malignancy: compare the gentle title Eumenides, “Kindly Ones,” that was frequently used to invoke the grim Erinyes (“Furies”). The Roman equivalent of Nyx was called Nox (from the Latin word for “night”). Attributes
Greek Underworld Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · In addition to Hades, the Underworld housed several other deities, both revered and dreaded by the ancients. These included Hades’ queen, Persephone; Charon, the ferryman of the dead; the Erinyes, who mercilessly punished sinners; and the Moirae, who ensured that every mortal lived out his life according to his fate.
Harpies – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · They were also associated with death. In one myth, for instance, they carried off the daughters of Pandareus to be the servants of the Erinyes, the Underworld goddesses of fate. The Harpies were very similar to the Sirens, another fantastic creature of Greek lore, and their historical origins may be similar. It is possible that both creatures ...
Themis – Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice. Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren. Today, her image survives as “Lady Justice,” wearing a chiton (a kind of tunic) and holding a set of balanced scales.
Giants - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · In the common tradition, the Giants were born together with the Erinyes (the “Furies”) and the Meliae (obscure nymphs connected with ash trees). But their siblings also included Gaia’s many children from her other unions—among them, the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, and the Titans.
Moirae (Fates) - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Other sources further specified that it was the Moirae who instructed the Erinyes (the “Furies”) on which mortals were to be punished for their crimes. Eventually, the Moirae became identified with Heimarmene—a concept advanced by various philosophers, from the Presocratics to the Stoics, that morphed into a kind of universal fate or ...
Arion – Mythopedia
2023年2月27日 · In other traditions, Poseidon fathered Arion with one of the Erinyes or Harpies. [10] In another version of Arion’s parentage, the goddess Gaia , the primordial embodiment of the earth, was Arion’s mother, bringing forth the swift horse near the shrine of Apollo in the Arcadian town of Oncium; Poseidon once again appears to have been the ...
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia
2023年8月18日 · Agamemnon’s murder was soon avenged by his son Orestes, who killed both Aegisthus and his mother Clytemnestra for their crimes. But Orestes was pursued afterwards by the Erinyes (also known as the “Furies”), goddesses responsible for punishing wrongdoing and blood-guilt. Clytemnestra appeared frequently in ancient literature.
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