ERINYES
Erinyes
In Greek mythology the Erinyes were female chthonic deities of vengeance. A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes them as "those who beneath the earth punish whosoever has sworn a false oath". Burkert suggests they are "an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath". They correspond to the Furies or Dirae in Roman mythology.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Erinyes
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