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Erinys
one of the three avenging spirits (Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera) in Gk. religion, of unknown origin, perhaps "the angry spirit" (cf. Arcadian erinein "to be angry," rel. to Gk. orinein "to raise, stir, excite").
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