eumenides

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Eumenides
    n 1: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters
         (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
         [syn: {Fury}, {Eumenides}, {Erinyes}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eumenides \Eu*men"i*des\, n. pl. [L., from Gr. ? lit., gracious
   goddesses.] (Class. Myth.)
   A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
   [1913 Webster]

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