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EUMENIDES (from Gr. evµevtits, kindly; di, well, and jAvos, disposition)

EUMENIDES (from Gr. evµevtits, kindly; di, well, and jAvos, disposition) , the " kindly ones," a See also:

EUPHEMISM (from Gr. eiiidirl sos, having a sound of good omen; et)

euphemism for the See also:

FURIES (Lat. Furiae, also called DIRAE)

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ERINYES (Lat. Furiae)

Erinyes (q.v.) . They give their name to a famous See also:

PLAY

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AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus (q.v.), written in glorification of the old See also:

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DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy of the Periclean See also:

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