Ἐρινύς: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=(so, not <b class="b3">Ἐριννύς</b>, 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 <b class="b3">Ἐρεινύας</b> ib.12(9).1179.34 (Euboea, ii A. D.)), gen. ύος<b class="b3">, ἡ</b>: pl. <b class="b3">Ἐρινύες</b>, acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρινῦς <span class="bibl">Od.2.135</span>, etc.; gen. pl. <b class="b3">Ἐρινύων</b> 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.]:—<b class="b2">the Erinys</b>, an avenging deity, ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐ. <span class="bibl">Il.9.571</span>, <span class="bibl">19.87</span> ; δασπλῆτις Ἐ. <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> ; <b class="b3">Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδήν</b> (sc. of the horse of Achilles, as rebuking presumption), <span class="bibl">Il.19.418</span>: com., <b class="b3">Ἐρινύων ἀπορρώξ</b>, of Timon, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>811</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in less personal sense, <b class="b2">guilt, punishment invoked</b> upon the guilty, freq. c. gen., <b class="b3">μητρὸς Ἐρινύες</b> <b class="b2">curses from</b> 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.; <b class="b3">φρενῶν Ἐρινύς</b> <b class="b2">frenzy</b> of the soul, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>603</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν</b> raise a <b class="b2">Fury-song</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1119</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = [[Ἀφροδίτης εἴδωλον]], Hsch. (Derived from Arc. <b class="b3">ἐρινύειν</b>, = [[θυμῷ χρῆσθαι]], by Paus. l.c.)</span>

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