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Ἐρι_νύς (so, not Ἐριννύς, in best codd. and Inscrr., cf. Tab.Defix.108 (iii/ii B. C.), IG12(3).367 (Thera); later Ἐρεινύας ib.12(9).1179.34 (Euboea, ii A. D.)), gen. ύος, : pl. Ἐρινύες, acc.
A.ἘρινῦςOd.2.135, etc.; gen. pl. Ἐρινύων trisyll., E.IT931,970. [υ_ in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. “-υ_ςE.Med.1389 (anap.), but acc. sg. -υ^ν ib.1260 (lyr., s.v.l.)), υ^ in quadrisyll.]:—the Erinys, an avenging deity, “ἠεροφοῖτις .Il.9.571, 19.87 ; “δασπλῆτις .Od.15.234 : more freq. in pl., “μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ᾽ Ἐρινῦς2.135, etc.; “Γαῖα..γείνατ᾽ ἘρινῦςHes.Th.185 ; later three in number, “μίαν τριῶν .E.Tr.457(troch.), cf. Apollod.1.1.4, etc.; avengers of perjury, homicide, unfilial conduct, etc., Il.19.259, 9.454 ; upholders of the natural and moral order, “ἥλιος οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται μέτρα: εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύες μιν Δίκης ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσινHeraclit. 94 ; Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδήν (sc. of the horse of Achilles, as rebuking presumption), Il.19.418: com., Ἐρινύων ἀπορρώξ, of Timon, Ar.Lys.811 (lyr.).
III. epith. of Demeter in Arcadia, Antim.28, Call. Fr.207, Paus.8.25.6.
IV. = Ἀφροδίτης εἴδωλον, Hsch. (Derived from Arc. ἐρινύειν, = θυμῷ χρῆσθαι, by Paus. l.c.)
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