κακὴ, dira, ill-omened (like “κακὸς ὄρνις”), with “πρὸς τοῦδε κ.τ.λ.—τοῦδ̓ Ἐριν.”: cp. 1299: so Od. 11.280 “μητρὸς Ἐρινύες”: Her. 4.149 “Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω”. “"His Erinyes"” are those whom his “Ἀραί” summon: Il. 9.454 “πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο στυγερὰς δ᾽ ἐπεκέκλετ᾽ Ἐρινῦς”: though the Curse and the Fury are sometimes identified, as Aesch. Th. 70 “Ἀρά τ̓, Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής”.
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