Ἐρινύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(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.<br><span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρινῦς Od.2.135, etc.; gen. pl. [[Ἐρινύων]] trisyll., E.''IT''931,970. [ῡ in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. -ῡς [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1389 (anap.), but acc. sg. -ῠν ib.1260 (lyr., s.v.l.)), ῠ in quadrisyll.]:—the [[Erinys]], an [[avenging]] [[deity]], [[ἠεροφοῖτις]] Ἐρινύς Il.9.571, 19.87; [[δασπλῆτις]] Ἐρινύς Od.15.234: more freq. in plural, μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ' Ἐρινῦς 2.135, etc.; Γαῖα..γείνατ' 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.).<br><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]], Il.21.412, Od.11.280; τείσαιτο ἐρινῦς πατρὸς παίδων τε Hes. ''Th.''472; ἱδρύσαντο Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω ἱρόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.149; Ἀρά τ' Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής A.''Th.''70, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1434, etc.; later in Prose, ξενικαὶ Ἐ. Pl.''Ep.''357a; ἐρινῦς καὶ ποινὰς τῶν δι' 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. [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1260 (lyr.), etc.; [[φρενῶν Ἐρινύς]] = [[frenzy of the soul]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''603 (lyr.); [[Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν]] = [[raise a Fury-song]], A.''Ag.''1119.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[epithet]] of [[Demeter]] in [[Arcadia]], Antim.28, Call. ''Fr.''207, Paus.8.25.6.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[Ἀφροδίτη]]ς [[εἴδωλον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (Derived from Arc. [[ἐρινύειν]], = [[θυμῷ χρῆσθαι]], by Paus. [[l.c.]])