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Erinys  n.  (pl. erinyes)  (Written also Erinnys)  (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.






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... Academica) that Cic. omits to represent the words [Greek: kat' auto to hyparchon]. Sextus Adv. Math. VII. 249 considers them essential to the definition and instances Orestes who looking at Electra, mistook her for an Erinys. The [Greek: phantasia] therefore which he had although [Greek: apo hyparchontos] (proceeding from an actually existent thing) was not [Greek: kata to hyparchon], i.e. did not truly represent that existent thing. Aug. Cont. Acad. II. 11 quotes Cicero's definition and condenses it thus; his ...
— Academica • Marcus Tullius Cicero



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