Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia The Erinyes (“Furies”) were terrifying sisters who acted as goddesses of vengeance and retribution From their grim home in the Underworld, the Erinyes punished crimes that violated the natural order—especially offenses against family members
Eumenides – Mythopedia The Eumenides is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE It is the final entry in the tragic trilogy known as the Oresteia The play depicts Orestes’ trial and eventual acquittal for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra
Lycurgus – Mythopedia Lycurgus was a Thracian king who attacked Dionysus and his followers when they first arrived in Thrace For this impiety, he was severely punished and ultimately killed
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son
Porphyrion – Mythopedia Porphyrion, together with his brother Alcyoneus, was one of the leaders of the Giants, monstrous offspring of the earth goddess Gaia He tried to overthrow the gods during a great war known as the Gigantomachy, but was struck down by Zeus and Heracles
Greek Underworld Gods – Mythopedia The Greek Underworld gods comprised the various deities associated with death and the afterlife Perhaps the most important of these gods were Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the Underworld
Moirae (Fates) – Mythopedia The three Moirae—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—were the personifications of fate They ensured that every being followed the preordained course that had been set for them
Phoebe – Mythopedia Phoebe was a Greek Titan better known for her descendants than for her own exploits Her daughter Leto went on to have an affair with Zeus and gave birth to the powerful Olympians Apollo and Artemis
Giants – Mythopedia The Giants were large and monstrous creatures born to Gaia, the primordial embodiment of the earth They tried to overthrow Zeus and the other Olympian gods in a great war known as the Gigantomachy, but were ultimately defeated
Iliad: Book 19 (Full Text) - Mythopedia And ye, fell furies of the realms of night, Who rule the dead, and horrid woes prepare For perjured kings, and all who falsely swear! The black-eyed maid inviolate removes, Pure and unconscious of my manly loves If this be false, heaven all its vengeance shed, And levell’d thunder strike my guilty head!” With that, his weapon deep inflicts