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Alecto

[ uh-lek-toh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.


Alecto

/ əˈlɛktəʊ /

noun

  1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone


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Alecto is scornfully dismissed by Juno, who causes war to be formally declared (649-747).

Well might those memories take each a voice to accuse them; well, from that hell, might rise the Alecto!

Their names were Alecto, Megra, and Tisiphone, and their origin was variously accounted for.

Then straightway Alecto betook herself to the dwelling of King Latinus.

Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.

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