In this connection it is obvious to refer to the euphemistic title Eumenides, bestowed by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology] Reference
Let me now give you another passage from the "Eumenides" -- or. From Wordnik.com. [Literary and General Lectures and Essays] Reference
These divinities were also called Eumenides, which signifies the. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
The last piece, "Eumenides," has a distinct political purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles] Reference
Germany; surprisingly recalling the term "Eumenides" for the Greek. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel $c translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore.] Reference
"Eumenides" are greatest where all is great; they have the sublimity of the old prophets. From Wordnik.com. [Amiel's Journal] Reference
Some accept the judgment and stay as "Eumenides" in Athens; others know no law nor mercy. From Wordnik.com. [The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides] Reference
'Eumenides' is delicate and layered, inviting instant comparisons with Bat For Lashes and Björk. From Wordnik.com. [Hydragenic] Reference
The "Eumenides" means the kindly ones, the euphemistic, apotropaic name for the Furies, who appear onstage in the play. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
Endymion, Eumenides and Geron be better distinguished. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
Eumenides, marked for death, giddy with his rolling eyes!. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
From them sprung the Eumenides, pursuers and destroyers of men. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
Eumenides 'compact that he should have half of whatever was won. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
He was in the clutch of the serpent-haired bloody-eyed Eumenides. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
He was in the clutch of the serpent-haired, bloody-eyed Eumenides. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger! Tiger!]
'Choëphorae,' the 'Eumenides,' together with a satirical drama, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Above all others, the Nemesis and Eumenides were facts not to be withstood. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
Instead, he was furious and he yelled at me, Euripides pants, Eumenides pants!. From Wordnik.com. [So Teddy Kennedy came right out and called the Clintons liars.] Reference
A celebrated temple was erected to the Eumenides at Athens, near the Areopagus. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
That reminds me of the end of the Oresteia, when the Furies become the Eumenides. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: The Movie "Precious" Tells Two Stories at Once] Reference
Where's Athena when you really need her help with your own life's little Eumenides?. From Wordnik.com. [one explosion after another 'round these parts...] Reference
At last Eumenides returns with his oracular clue and persuades Cynthia to attempt the cure. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
Eumenides (391-93) thesmos refers not only to the place in the universe assigned by the gods to the. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
In the north, the south, the very centre of the kingdom, revolutions appeared to him like so many Eumenides. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He sends Ismene to offer a sacrifice to the Eumenides; in her absence Theseus enters, offers him protection and asks why he has come. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Eumenides, also called Erinnyes, and by the Romans Furiae or. From Wordnik.com. [Legends of Charlemagne] Reference
And the Eumenides there lying express pictorially this disparity. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
There is a wind called Euroclydon: it would be one of the Eumenides; only they are women. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
She sets him on a path toward self-confidence and love. when the Furies become the Eumenides. From Wordnik.com. [Damn Hell Ass Kings] Reference
The Eumenides, avenging deities, seized upon Orestes, and drove him frantic from land to land. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
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