god
the Furies
also: Furiae, Erinyes
The avenging underworld goddesses who hounded Orestes for matricide; here the madness that grips before the deed is done.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.28 Furies
The avenging spirits who give some men as 'a show to grim Mars' on the battlefield.
- The Odes §2.13 Eumenides
The Furies, the snakes in whose hair are soothed by the song of the dead poets.
- The Epodes §5 a Fury
The avenging spirits of the dead; the murdered boy vows to return as one to haunt the witches.
- The Satires §2.3 the evil Furies
The avenging underworld goddesses (Erinyes) who drove Orestes mad; here the frenzy that grips before the crime, not after.