Ἐρινύς

A. Ἐρινῦς Od. 2.135, etc.; gen. pl. Ἐρινύων trisyll., E. IT 931,970. [υ in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. ‐υς E. Med. 1389 (anap.), but acc. sg. ‐υν ib.1260 (lyr., s.v.l.)), υ in quadrisyll.]:—the Erinys, an avenging deity, ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐ. Il. 9.571, 19.87 ; δασπλῆτις Ἐ. Od. 15.234 : more freq. in pl., μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ’ Ἐρινῦς 2.135, etc.; Γαῖα..γείνατ’ Ἐρινῦς Hes. Th. 185 ; later three in number, μίαν τριῶν Ἐ. 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 ἐξευρήσουσιν Heraclit. 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.).

II. in less personal sense, guilt, punishment invoked upon the guilty, freq. c. gen., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from one's mother, Il. 21.412, Od. 11.280 ; τείσαιτο ἐρινῦς πατρὸς παίδων τε Hes. Th. 472 ; ἱδρύσαντο Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω ἱρόν Hdt. 4.149 ; Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής A. Th. 70, cf. S. OC 1434, etc.; later in Prose, ξενικαὶ Ἐ. Pl. Ep. 357a ; ἐρινῦς καὶ ποινὰς τῶν δῑ ἐκεῖνον ἠτυχηκότων Plb. 23.10.2 ; of persons in whom such powers are embodied, νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐ. A. Ag. 749 (lyr.); ἔτεκε νύμφα δόμοις Ἐ. S. Tr. 895 (lyr.), cf. E. Med. 1260 (lyr.), etc.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς frenzy of the soul, S. Ant. 603 (lyr.); Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν raise a Fury-song, A. Ag. 1119.

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.)