A.avenging spirit or deity, with or without δαίμων, freq. Trag., A.Pers.354, Ag.1501, 1508, cf. Men.8 D.; “ἀ. οὑμός” S.OC 788; “ἐξ ἀλαστόρων νοσεῖν” Id.Tr.1235; “ἀλάστορας ἔχειν” Hp.Morb.Sacr. 1; ἀ. Πελοπιδῶν, prov. of utter ruin, Xenarch.1.3; generally, βουκόλων ἀ. herdsmen's scourge. of Nemean lion, S.Tr.1092: fem., of the Sphinx, Nicoch. 18; “Ζεὺς Ἀ.” Orph.H.73.
II. Pass., he who does deeds which merit vengeance, wretch, A.Eu.236, S.Aj.374; μιαροὶ..καὶ “κόλακες καὶ ἀ.” D.18.296; “βάρβαρόν τε . . καὶ ἀ. τὸνΦίλιππον ἀποκαλῶν” Id.19.305; “ἄνθρωπ᾽ ἀλάστωρ” Bato 2.5, cf. Men.7D., Pk.408; “Διονύσιος ἁπάσης Σικελίας ἀ.” Clearch.10. (Connected with ἀλάομαι by Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47.)
