Ἐρινύς

Ἐρῑνύς (so, not Ἐριννύς, in best codd. and Inscrr., cf. Tab.Defix. 108 (iii/ii B. C.), IG 12(3).367 (Thera); later Ἐρεινύας ib. 12(9).1179.34 (Euboea, ii A. D.)), gen. ύος, ἡ: pl. Ἐρινύες, acc. Ἐρινῦς Od. 2.135, etc.; gen. pl. Ἐρινύων trisyll., E. IT 931, 970. [ῡ in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. -ῡς E. Med. 1389 (anap.), but acc. sg. -ῠν ib. 1260 (lyr., s.v.l.)), ῠ in quadrisyll.]:—

• Αthe Erinys, an avenging deity, ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐ. Il. 9.571, 19.87; δασπλῆτις Ἐ. Od. 15.234: more freq. in pl., μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετʼ Ἐρινῦς 2.135, etc.; Γαῖα..γείνατʼ Ἐρινῦς Hes. Th. 185; later three in number, μίαν τριῶν Ἐ. E. Tr. 457 (troch.), cf. Apollod. 1.1.4, etc.; avengers of perjury, homicide, unfilial conduct, etc., Il. 19.259, 9.454; upholders of the natural and moral order, ἥλιος οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται μέτρα· εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύες μιν Δίκης ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσιν Heraclit. 94; Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδήν (sc. of the horse of Achilles, as rebuking presumption), Il. 19.418: com., Ἐρινύων ἀπορρώξ, of Timon, Ar. Lys. 811 (lyr.).
• • II in less personal sense, guilt, punishment invoked upon the guilty, freq. c. gen., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from oneʼs mother, Il. 21.412, Od. 11.280; τείσαιτο ἐρινῦς πατρὸς παίδων τε Hes. Th. 472; ἱδρύσαντο Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω ἱρόν Hdt. 4.149; Ἀρά τʼ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής A. Th. 70, cf. S. OC 1434, etc.; later in Prose, ξενικαὶ Ἐ. Pl. Ep. 357a; ἐρινῦς καὶ ποινὰς τῶν διʼ ἐκεῖνον ἠτυχηκότων Plb. 23.10.2; of persons in whom such powers are embodied, νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐ. A. Ag. 749 (lyr.); ἔτεκε νύμφα δόμοις Ἐ. S. Tr. 895 (lyr.), cf. E. Med. 1260 (lyr.), etc.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς frenzy of the soul, S. Ant. 603 (lyr.); Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν raise a Fury-song, A. Ag. 1119.
  • III epith. of Demeter in Arcadia, Antim. 28, Call. Fr. 207, Paus. 8.25.6.
  • IV = Ἀφροδίτης εἴδωλον, Hsch. (Derived from Arc. ἐρινύειν, = θυμῷ χρῆσθαι, by Paus. l.c.)

Ἐρινύς, [ῑ], ύος, ἡ, oft Ἐριννύς geschrieben, plur. Ἐρινύες, zsgzn Ἐρινῦς, die Erinyen, Rachegöttinnen, s. nom. pr. Bei Hom. strafen sie Meineid, Il. 19.259, vgl. Hes. O. 801 ; Mord, Il. 9.571 ; Verletzung der Kindespflicht gegen die Eltern, 9.454, Od. 2.135 ; μητρὸς Ἐρινύες, die für die Mutter Rache nehmen, 11.280 ; Verletzung der Gastfreundschaft, 17.475. Die Erinyen sind bei Homer Dienerinnen des Hades und der Persephone, s. Scholl. Aristonic. Il. 9.569, 571, Lehrs Aristarch. ed. 2 p. 184. – Als Appellat. Fluch u. Verwünschung, μητρός, die von der Mutter ausgestoßen sind, Il. 21.412 ; Λαΐου, die an dem Laios haftet, Her. 4.149 ; schwere Blutschuld, Hes. Th. 472 ; τὴν σὴν Ἐρινὺν αἰτίαν λέγω Soph. O.C. 130 ; Unheil, Verderben übh., ἔτεκε μεγάλαν ἅδε νύμφα δόμοισι τοῖσδʼ Ἐρινύν Soph. Tr. 891 ; λόγου τʼ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρ. Ant. 599, Schol. ἁμαρτία, Wahnsinn ; sogar von Menschen, διδύμαν ἑλοῦσʼ Ἐρινύν Soph. El. 1069, die beiden grausamen Menschen, Klytämnestra u. Aegisthus, wie die Helena auch genannt wird, Eur. Or. 1374.
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Ἐρινύς

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Ἐρινύς

-ύος, ἡ.

Acc. pl. Ἐρινῦς Il. 9.454: Od. 2.135.

An avenging divinity.

• • 1

    Upholding the moral order

  • • a

      As executor (in pl. as executors) of a parental curse Il. 9.454, 571: Od. 2.135, Od. 11.280.

    • b

      As protecting the rights of an elder brother: πρεσβυτέροισιν Ἐρινύες αἰὲν ἕπονται Il. 15.204.

    • c

      As protecting beggars: πτωχῶν Ἐρινύες Od. 17.475.–

    • d

      As sending ἄτη: ἄτης, τήν οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκʼ Ἐρινύς Od. 15.234. Cf. Il. 19.87.

    • e

      Invoked as guarding the sanctity of an oath Il. 19.259.

    • f

      App. regarded mainly or merely as maleficent: [πανδαρέου] κούρας ἔδοσαν Ἐρινύσιν ἀμφιπολεύειν Od. 20.78.

  • 2

    Upholding the laws ordering the physical universe: Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδὴν [ἵππου] Il. 19.418.

  • 3

    App., with the idea of personality lost, meaning merely curses: οὕτω κεν τῆς μητρὸς ἐρινύας ἐξαποτίνοις Il. 21.412.

Ἐρῑνύς (ἡ)

• 1Fury ἰδοῖσα δʼ ὀξεῖʼ Ἐρινὺς ἔπεφνέ οἱ σὺν ἀλλαλοφονίᾳ γένος ἀρήιον i. e. the family of Oidipous O. 2.42

Ἐρινύς , ύος, acc. pl., Ἐρῑνῦς, -ύας: the Erinnys, pl., the Erinnyes (Furiae), goddesses who fulfil curses and avenge crimes, Il. 9.571. (See cut.)

Ἐρινύς Ἐρίνῡς not Ἐριννύς

• • Ithe Erinys or Fury, an avenging deity, in sg. and pl., Hom., Trag.:—the number Three first in Eur.; the names Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto only in late writers. At Athens they were called Εὐμενίδες, Σεμναί.
  • IIas appellat., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from oneʼs mother, Hom.; but Ἐρινῦς πατρός the blood-guiltiness of his sire, Hes.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς distraction, Soph.:—in Trag. persons sent to be curses to men are called Ἐρινύες.