Erinyes

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.
 * 2) * 2018, Stephen Rendall (translator), Jacques Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, [2008, Jacques Jouanna, Sophocle],, page 393,
 * First, he[Sophocles] now envisages several Erinyes: then he designates, using a poetic metaphor already employed by Aeschylus in The Libation Bearers,154 that of hunting hounds pursuing game that cannot escape them.
 * 1) * 2018, Stephen Rendall (translator), Jacques Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, [2008, Jacques Jouanna, Sophocle],, page 393,
 * First, he[Sophocles] now envisages several Erinyes: then he designates, using a poetic metaphor already employed by Aeschylus in The Libation Bearers,154 that of hunting hounds pursuing game that cannot escape them.
 * 1) * 2018, Stephen Rendall (translator), Jacques Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, [2008, Jacques Jouanna, Sophocle],, page 393,
 * First, he[Sophocles] now envisages several Erinyes: then he designates, using a poetic metaphor already employed by Aeschylus in The Libation Bearers,154 that of hunting hounds pursuing game that cannot escape them.

Translations

 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: Ἐρῑνύες
 * Hungarian: Erinnüszök
 * Italian: Erinni
 * Polish: Erynie
 * Portuguese: Erínias