Eumenides

[ yoo-men-i-deez ]

/ yuˈmɛn ɪˌdiz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)Classical Mythology. a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.”

(italics)(used with a singular verb) a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

Compare Oresteia.

Words nearby Eumenides

-eum, Eumaeus, eumelanin, Eumenes I, Eumenes II, Eumenides, Eumetazoa, eumetazoan, eumetria, eumung, Eumycota

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Example sentences from the Web for Eumenides

He had lost the sense of what the Chorus was in the hands of the great masters, say in the Bacchae or the Eumenides.
The Poetics|Aristotle
In the Eumenides of Aeschylus, the plea of Orestes in extenuation of his crime is that he is not of kin to his mother.
The God-Idea of the Ancients|Eliza Burt Gamble
The king could not understand why he shrank from writing music to the choruses of schylus's "Eumenides."
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various
In certain tragedies, these singers personated the Eumenides or Furies.
The Student's Mythology|Catherine Ann White

Here is no need of the Eumenides, children of Night everlasting; for here is very Night herself.
Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley

British Dictionary definitions for Eumenides

Eumenides

/ (juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz) /

pl n

another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism

Word Origin for Eumenides

from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit

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单词	eumenides
释义	Eumenides [ yoo-men-i-deez ] / yuˈmɛn ɪˌdiz / noun (used with a plural verb)Classical Mythology. a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.” (italics)(used with a singular verb) a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus. Compare Oresteia. Words nearby Eumenides -eum, Eumaeus, eumelanin, Eumenes I, Eumenes II, Eumenides, Eumetazoa, eumetazoan, eumetria, eumung, Eumycota Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Eumenides He had lost the sense of what the Chorus was in the hands of the great masters, say in the Bacchae or the Eumenides. The Poetics\|Aristotle In the Eumenides of Aeschylus, the plea of Orestes in extenuation of his crime is that he is not of kin to his mother. The God-Idea of the Ancients\|Eliza Burt Gamble The king could not understand why he shrank from writing music to the choruses of schylus's "Eumenides." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8)\|Various In certain tragedies, these singers personated the Eumenides or Furies. The Student's Mythology\|Catherine Ann White Here is no need of the Eumenides, children of Night everlasting; for here is very Night herself. Shakespearean Tragedy\|A. C. Bradley British Dictionary definitions for Eumenides Eumenides / (juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz) / pl n another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism Word Origin for Eumenides from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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