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Εὐμενίδες

Εὐμενίδες, the gracious goddesses

Εὐμεν-ίδες (sc. θεαί), αἱ, strictly
  • the gracious goddesses, euphem. of the Ἐρινύες or Furies, name of play by A.; ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας, ἐξ εὐμενῶν στέρνων δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην S. OC 486; ὀνομάζειν γὰρ αἰδοῦμαι θεὰς Εὐμενίδας E. Or. 38; distd. from the σεμναὶ θεαί by Philem. 217.

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