In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Napaeae''' (νάπη, "a wooded dell") were a type of
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Leimakids''' were [[nymphs]] of meadows.
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[[Oceanus]] is a figure of [[:Category:Greek mythology|Ancient Greek]] [[mythology|myth]]. This is a list of his consorts and children.
# With [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]
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In Greek mythology, the Teumessian fox (Greek: Alopekos Teumesios) was a gigantic fox that was destined never to be caugh
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'''Damarchus''' or '''Damarch''' (Greek: Δάμαρχος; fl. ~400 BC) was a victorious Olympic boxer from Parrhas
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...nt in ''menthe'' is characteristic of a class of words borrowed from a pre-Greek language: compare ''acanthus'', labyrinth, Corinth, etc.
* Graves, Robert, (1955). ''The Greek Myths I'' (Revised Edition 1960). London: Penguin, pp 121,124.
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In Roman and Etruscan mythology, '''Mania''' (or '''Manea''') was the goddess of the dead.
...nd Latin Mania derive from PIE *men-, "to think". Cognates include Ancient Greek menos ("life, vigor") and Avestan mainyu, "spirit".
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'''Euryale''' ("far-roaming"), in [[Greek mythology]], was one of the immortal [[Gorgon]]s, vicious female monsters with brass
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In Modern Greek superstition, '''Charos''' is a demon.
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'''Stheno''' ("forceful"), ('''Greek:''' Σθεννω), in [[Greek mythology]], was one of the immortal [[Gorgon]]s, vicious female monsters with brass
...ghter of [[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]], or sometimes, [[Typhon]] and [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]].
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'''Hamadryads''' are Greek nymphs that live in trees. They are a specific species of [[dryad]], which
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...according to their natural abode. The '''Aulonaid''' (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley, ravine) was a nymph who could be fo
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...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], the '''Oceanids''' were the three thousand children of the Titans [[Ocea
# [[Asia (mythology)|Asia]] - Nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europe
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...ypt, which was worshiped as a manifestation of the Egyptian god [[Sobek]] (Greek: Σοῦχος).
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Oreads''' (ὄρος, "mountain") were a type of
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In Greek mythology, Callirhoe (or Kallirhoe, Callirrhoe ) (Ancient Greek: Καλλιρό, Καλλιρρόη, or Καλλιρρόης means 'beautif
Mythology
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Metis''' ("wisdom" or "wise counsel") was a [[Titan]]ess who was the
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More recent Greek tales describe the creature as a merely frightening shapeshifter, but blame
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Orthrus''' (also called '''Orthros''', '''Orthos''', '''Orthus''', ''
[[Image:Orthrus.jpg|thumb| Herakles fighting against Geryon, Orthrus dead , Greek krater, 6th century BC. Black-figure vase painting]]
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Gaia is the titan goddess of the earth from Greek mythology. She was the first of all the people and gods to exist and from came every
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...ristian Armenians. Some people believed that he is associated with Ares, a Greek god. Other traditions see him as a dying-and-rising god.
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In Greek and Roman mythology there are several creatures known as Aethon:
...the name Aethon to the eagle,[2] or simply using a transliteration of the Greek adjective "αἴθων", which may mean "red-brown" or "tawny".[3]
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The '''callicantzaros''' is a Greek vampire which attack people and tear them up on the holy days between Chris
According to Christian Greek folk belief, a child born during Christmas (Dec 25) and the Epiphany (Jan.
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...aven]] or [[Hell]]. These creatures are called '''psychopomps''', from the Greek word ''ψυχοπομπóς''
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Enceladus''' (or '''Enkelados''', Ἐγκέλαδος) was one of the
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...arus is the place below even Hades realm, the underworld. In ancient Greek mythology most of the titans were imprisoned there by their children, the god, for tr
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charybdis''', or '''Kharybdis''' ("sucker down", Greek Χάρυβδις), is a [[sea monster]], daughter of [[Poseidon]] and [[Gai
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In Greek mythology '''Python''' was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in the vase
* Burkert, Walter, Greek Religion 1985.
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...s''' was a god who combined Hermes (Greek mythology) with Anubis (Egyptian mythology). Hermanubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.
...ns took over Egypt, the cult of Anubis became assimilated with that of the Greek messenger god, Hermes, and a new, combined deity was created - Hermanubis.
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Legend has it that this group of people are Greek fighters that died during the Battle of Fragokastello (17th May 1828) and s
The ghost-army is lead by Hatzimihalis Dalianis, the chief of the Greek troops (350 men) in the battle. The army took refuge in the fort during the
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...heir female counterparts, the more commonly known [[mermaid]]s. In [[Greek mythology]], mermen were often illustrated to have green seaweed-like hair, a beard,
...ning great storms, but also said to be wise teachers, according to earlier mythology.
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...is a figure from Greek mythology, her story being one of many examples in mythology used to explain naturally occuring phenomenon - in this instance, the chang
...al variations of her name include: Persephassa, Persephatta, and, in Roman mythology, Proserpina.
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'''Melinoe''' (Μελινοε) was the ancient
Greek goddess of ghosts, and propitiation-offerings made to the deceased.
Orphic Hymn 71 to Melinoe (trans. Taylor) (
Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) :<blockquote>
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Nyphs are creatures in the Greek and Roman mythology.They have powers useualy from the element they surrond. Not consided gods.
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In Greek mythology the '''Ichthyocentaur''' is a fish-centaur, or a particular kind of Triton.
A pair of twin lesser-known Greek sea gods named Bythos (Sea-Depths) and Aphros (Sea-Foam) were depicted as i
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...y, also regarded as the giver of oracles. He was later identified with the Greek Pan and also assumed some of Pan's characteristics such as the horns and ho
He is accompanied by the fauns, analogous to the Greek satyrs. His feminine counterpart is Fauna. The wolfskin, wreath, and a gobl
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...chires''', or '''Hekatonkheires''', were three gargantuan figures of Greek mythology.
Their name derives from the Ancient Greek ʽεκατόν (''hekaton''; "hundred") and χείρ (''kheir''; "hand"), a
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In Greek mythology, '''Amalthea''' (in Greek, "tender goddess") is the most often mentioned among foster-mothers of [[Ze
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'''Trivia''' in Roman mythology was the equivalent of the Greek goddess [[Hecate]], the goddess of witchcraft, the three-way crossroads, an
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In Greek mythology, '''Chrysaor''' (Greek Χρυσάωρ = "He who has a golden sword") was a giant, the son of Posei
...d in the region] waters of the river Tartessos in the hollow of a rock." - Greek Lyric III Stesichorus, Geryoneis Fragment S7 (from Strabo, Geography).
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In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Gigantes''' were a race of giants, who defied the olympians gods.
In iconic representations the Gigantomachy was a favorite theme of the Greek vase-painters of the fifth century (''illustration above right''). More imp
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...ere three sisters, one of several trinities of archaic goddesses in Greek mythology.
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...k word and was also the term for procedural rules on such matters in later Greek customary law. It has widened to include the customs throughout the differe
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The '''Alkonost''' is the bird of paradise in [[Slavic mythology]].
The name Alkonost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess [[Alcyone]] transformed by gods into a kingfisher.
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In Greek mythology '''Kampe''' (or '''Campe''') was a monstrous Drakaina (she-dragon) appointe
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*[[Adramelech]] ([[Assyrian]] mythology)
*[[Af]] ([[Jewish mythology]])
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A '''Kallikantzaros''' pl. ''Kallikantzaroi'' is a malevolent [[Goblin]] in Greek folkore.
In Greek language, ''Kallikantzaros'' is also used for every short, ugly and usually
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Naiads''' were a type of [[nymph]] who presided over fountains, w
From the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water".
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.... The first celebrated statue of an hermaphrodite was that by Polycles. In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditos was depicted as a winged youth with male and f
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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'''Adamastor''' is a Greek-type mythological fictional beast representing the dangers Portuguese sailo
The name Adamastor may come from the Greek for "Untamed" or "Untameable" (which would be correctly Adamastos) or the L
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The name probably comes from the Greek ''Kalikantzaros''. The Bulgarian name of the creature is '''Karakondjul'''
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...a-kahss", or vri'kolakas, variant '''vorvolakas''', is a monster in modern Greek folklore.
...'vrykolakas''. For this reason, there is a superstition present in certain Greek villages that one should not answer a door until the second knock.
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The '''Nemean Lion''' was a vicious monster in [[Greek mythology]] that lived in Nemea. It was eventually killed by Heracles.
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], a '''nymph''' is any member of a large class of female nature entities,
...nature, most often identified with the life-giving outflow of springs. The Greek word νύμφη has "bride" and "veiled" among its meanings: hence, a marri
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...is a creature who lives under the sea. It is the Philippine version of the Greek [[mermaid]] and one of the ''Bantay Tubig'' or guardians of water.
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...ribed to be a half bull and half man and the Philippine counterpart of the Greek [[minotaur]].
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...Hephaestion.[4] In one version, Heracles did not kill Ladon. Ladon is the Greek version of the West Semitic serpent [[Lotan]], or the Hurrian serpent [[Ill
...Hellenes from Near Eastern and Minoan sources, is familiar from surviving Greek vase-painting. In the second century CE, Pausanias saw among the treasuries
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'''Dryads''' are female spirits in Greek mythology.
In Greek ''drys'' signifies 'oak,' from an Indo-European root ''*derew(o)-'' 'tree'
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...e often called joint snakes. May also be a reference to the Hydra in Greek Mythology.
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...) or '''bes''' (Russian: бес [ˈbʲes]) is an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology.
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In Greek mythology, Alseids were the nymphs of glens and groves. They liked to scare travelers
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...tin skirt with a hemp tail. It is unknown if the burrokeet derive from the Greek centaur or is a true local totem.
[[Category: Native American mythology]]
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...orse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology.
Other fish-tailed land animals which appear in Greek and Etruscan art include the "Leokampos" (fish-tailed lion), "Taurokampos"
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[[Image:Pan Meyers.png|thumb|right|Pan, The Greek Satyr God]]
'''Satyrs''' in [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] are woodland creatures depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and sho
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Berberokas were associated to the Greek naiads or the nymphs of water elements. They can suck all the water in a la
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...://www.metrum.org/mapping/cosmol.htm] In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], this world-ocean was personified as a [[Titan]], a son of [[Uranus]] and
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In Greek mythology, the '''Cretan Bull''' was either the bull that carried away Europa or the
...ht and red star, meaning that many took it to be evil. Some forms of Greek mythology associated the constellation with the tame white bull, in some versions Zeu
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Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
*In certain earlier Greek legends, it also represented the gates (and gateposts) of the underworld (c
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His name in Sanskrit is 'Black Yavana' literally means a Greek.
*Dowson's ''Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology''
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...hisophilus''') is a name given to one of the chief [[demon]]s of Christian mythology that figure in European literary traditions.
...raphically dressed as a Greek name, as if transliterated from an imaginary Greek.
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In Greek mythology, the '''Limnades / Leimenides''' (Λιμνάδες / Λειμενίδες)
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charon''''' was the ferryman of [[Hades]].
...[Christian mythology]] in his ''[[Divine Comedy]]''. He is the same as his Greek counterpart, being paid an obolus to cross Acheron.
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'''Triton''' is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep. Over time, Triton's name and image came to
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In [[:Category:Celtic mythology]] '''Taranis''' was the god of thunder worshipped in Gaul and Britain and m
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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In Hittite mythology, '''Illuyanka''' was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarhunt, the Hittite god
...n mythology ), Indra and Vritra (Indian mythology), Zeus and Typhon (Greek mythology).
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The '''Fauns''' come from [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]] and are similar to the [[satyr]]. They are the children of the god Faunus
...its (''genii'') of untamed woodland. Romans connected their fauns with the Greek [[satyr]], wild and orgiastic drunken followers of [[Dionysus]].
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Vahagn was associated with the Greek Heracles. The priests of Vahévahian temple claimed that Vahagn was their a
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'''Cecrops''' was a mythical Greek king, born from the earth itself, had his top half shaped like a man and th
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A long time ago, the Greek hero Jason and his companions from the ship Argo, stole the Golden Fleece f
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Also Norse mythology contains examples of [[necromancy]]: Odin summons a seeress from the dead t
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...Mother Deity). During the Hellenistic period, Astghik was coupled with the Greek Aphrodite and the Mesopotamian Ishtar.
*Armenian Mythology from the Tour Armenia
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Titans''' (Greek Τιτάν, plural Τιτάνες) were a race of powerful deities that rul
...the wars of the [[Æsir]] with the [[Vanir]] and [[Jotun]]s in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Hittite "Kingship in Heaven" narrativ
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The Mares of Diomedes were four man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes
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In Greek mythology, Tethys (/ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθɪs/; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: Tēthýs) was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia,
Tethys played no active part in Greek mythology. The only early story concerning Tethys is what Homer has Hera briefly rela
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In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) who lived on an island called S
In early Greek art the Sirens were represented as birds with the heads, and sometimes ches
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In ancient Greek mythology, the '''Empusa''' (Εμπουσα — Empousa) was a female supernatural mo
Suidas s.v. Empuosa (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.) :
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In Greek mythology, '''Ipotanes''' were a race of half-horse, half-humans, unlike the satyrs,
*March, J., ''Cassell's Dictionary Of Classical Mythology'', London, 1999. ISBN 0-304-35161-X
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...e owner of which varies amongst the various versions of each part of Greek mythology. Artemis (to whom the Cerynian Hind was said to have been sacred, causing h
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Lix is a Greek term relating to the earth, while Tetrax refers to a four-season year. The
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...he corresponding Avestan term is aspa. The word is cognate to Latin equus, Greek ίππος (hippos), Germanic *ehwaz and Baltic *ašvā all from PIE *hek'w
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Amphisbaena' is a Greek word, from ''amfis'', meaning bothways, and ''bainein'', meaning to go.
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Cronus''' (Ancient Greek '''Κρόνος'''—of obscure etymology, perhaps related to "horned"
...onus was also identified in classical antiquity with the [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman deity]] [[Saturn]].
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In Greek mythology the '''Erinyes''' or '''Eumenides''' (the Romans called them the '''Furies'
The Furies, or Erinyes in Greek, have an origin that is not completely known; they were born, it is said, f
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