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Another name for the Furies
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eumenides
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eumenides \Eu*men"i*des\, n. pl. [L., from Gr. ? lit., gracious goddesses.] (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Greek, literally "the well-minded ones," a euphemism of the Erinys ; see eu- "well, good;" second element from Greek menos "spirit, passion," from PIE *men-es- , suffixed form of *men- (1) "to think" (see mind (n.)).
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eumenides may refer to: Erinyes , or Eumenides, Greek deities of vengeance The Eumenides , the third part of Aeschylus' Greek tragedy, the Oresteia
Usage examples of eumenides.
The work at Eumenides had mostly to do with the shifting ecologies of a sea that was getting saltier.
It was an offshoot, a mix of two difficult fields, its ultimate usefulness a long shot, especially compared to most of the enquiries being conducted at the Eumenides Point Labs.
Now, as if to re-invoke that time, Smith took up Frank's suggestion and joined him at an equivalent club in Eumenides Point, and began to swim, regularly again.
It was an offshoot, a mix of two difficult fields, its ultimate usefulness a long shot, especially compared to most of the inquiries being conducted at the Eumenides Point Labs.
The woman with whom he lived, with whom he had gone through graduate school and two postdocs, with whom he had moved to Eumenides Point, taking a small apartment near the beach, near the terminus of the coastal tram, where when one looked back east the point itself just heaved over the horizon, like a dorsal fin seen far out to sea.
Now, as if to reinvoke that time, Smith took up Frank’s suggestion and joined him at an equivalent club in Eumenides Point, and began to swim regularly again.