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... ERINYES OR EUMENIDES The third group of Grey Goddesses - besides the Moirai and the Graiai - is composed of the Erinyes . They are old : older than the gods who came to power with Zeus . They say this them selves 88 when they appear on ...
... ERINYES OR EUMENIDES The third group of Grey Goddesses - besides the Moirai and the Graiai - is composed of the Erinyes . They are old : older than the gods who came to power with Zeus . They say this them selves 88 when they appear on ...
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... Erinyes , the Eumenides , means " the Benevolent " —whether it was that they really became benevolent , or simply that people wished they would do so . Whenever their number is mentioned , there are three of them . But - like the Moirai ...
... Erinyes , the Eumenides , means " the Benevolent " —whether it was that they really became benevolent , or simply that people wished they would do so . Whenever their number is mentioned , there are three of them . But - like the Moirai ...
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... Erinyes , the spirits of anger and revenge , are so like Nemesis - or the Nemeseis ; for her name is to be found also in the plural 292 — as to be capable of being mistaken for her . But the Erinyes had a more limited function : they ...
... Erinyes , the spirits of anger and revenge , are so like Nemesis - or the Nemeseis ; for her name is to be found also in the plural 292 — as to be capable of being mistaken for her . But the Erinyes had a more limited function : they ...
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THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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