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|Definition=(so, not | |Definition=(so, not [[Ἐριννύς]], in best codd. and Inscrr., cf. <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span>108 (iii/ii B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).367 (Thera); later [[Ἐρεινύας]] ib.12(9).1179.34 (Euboea, ii A. D.)), gen. ύος, ἡ: pl. [[Ἐρινύες]], acc. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρινῦς <span class="bibl">Od.2.135</span>, etc.; gen. pl. [[Ἐρινύων]] trisyll., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>931</span>,<span class="bibl">970</span>. <b class="b3">[ῡ</b> in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. -ῡς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1389</span> (anap.), but acc. sg. <b class="b3">-ῠν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1260</span> (lyr., s.v.l.)), ῠ in quadrisyll.]:—the [[Erinys]], an [[avenging]] [[deity]], [[ἠεροφοῖτις]] Ἐρινύς <span class="bibl">Il.9.571</span>, <span class="bibl">19.87</span>; [[δασπλῆτις]] Ἐρινύς <span class="bibl">Od.15.234</span> : more freq. in pl., μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ' Ἐρινῦς <span class="bibl">2.135</span>, etc.; Γαῖα..γείνατ' Ἐρινῦς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>185</span> ; later three in number, μίαν τριῶν Ἐ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>457</span>(troch.), cf. <span class="bibl">Apollod.1.1.4</span>, etc.; avengers of perjury, homicide, unfilial conduct, etc., <span class="bibl">Il.19.259</span>, <span class="bibl">9.454</span> ; upholders of the natural and moral order, ἥλιος οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται μέτρα· εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύες μιν Δίκης ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσιν <span class="bibl">Heraclit. 94</span> ; [[Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδήν]] (sc. of the horse of Achilles, as rebuking presumption), <span class="bibl">Il.19.418</span>: com., [[Ἐρινύων ἀπορρώξ]], of Timon, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>811</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> in less personal sense, [[guilt]], [[punishment invoked]] upon the guilty, freq. c. gen., [[μητρὸς Ἐρινύες]] = [[curses from one's mother]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.412</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.280</span> ; τείσαιτο ἐρινῦς πατρὸς παίδων τε <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>472</span> ; ἱδρύσαντο Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω ἱρόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.149</span> ; Ἀρά τ' Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1434</span>, etc.; later in Prose, ξενικαὶ Ἐ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>357a</span> ; ἐρινῦς καὶ ποινὰς τῶν δι' ἐκεῖνον ἠτυχηκότων <span class="bibl">Plb.23.10.2</span> ; of persons in whom such powers are embodied, νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>749</span> (lyr.); ἔτεκε νύμφα δόμοις Ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>895</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1260</span> (lyr.), etc.; [[φρενῶν Ἐρινύς]] = [[frenzy of the soul]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>603</span> (lyr.); [[Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν]] = [[raise a Fury-song]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1119</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> epith. of Demeter in Arcadia, <span class="bibl">Antim.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Fr.</span>207</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.8.25.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> = [[Ἀφροδίτης εἴδωλον]], Hsch. (Derived from Arc. [[ἐρινύειν]], = [[θυμῷ χρῆσθαι]], by Paus. l.c.)</span> | ||
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