ID: 901001932 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001932	Record Type: Character/Person

	Erinyes (Greek characters)

Note: In Greek mythology, the chthonic goddesses of vengeance. They were probably personified curses, but possibly they were originally conceived of as ghosts of the murdered. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, they were the daughters of Gaea (Earth) and sprang from the blood of her mutilated spouse Uranus. In the plays of Aeschylus, they were the daughters of Nyx; in those of Sophocles, they were the daughters of Darkness and of Gaea. Euripides was the first to speak of them as three in number. Their names may differ.

Names:

	Erinyes (Greek characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Eumenides (Greek characters) (English,U,N)
	Ἐρῑνύες (Greek characters) (Greek,U,N)
	Ἐρῑνύς (Greek characters) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Erinyes (Greek characters) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Furies
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Furies (Roman characters)) [901000235]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary characters
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Ancient Greece
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Erinyes (Greek characters)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87000688
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)
	Eumenides (Greek characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ἐρῑνύες (Greek characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes
	Ἐρῑνύς (Greek characters)
	................Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online (2002-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Furies," accessed 4 July 2017
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes#/media/File:Orestes_Delphi_BM_GR1917.12-10.1.jpg