See also:

• FURIES (Lat. Furiae, also called DIRAE)

FURIES (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Furiae, also called DIRAE)  , in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• ERINYES (Lat. Furiae)

Erinyes (q.v.), with whom they are generally identical . A See also:

• SPECIAL

special aspect of them in See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil is that of agents employed by the higher gods to stir up See also:

• MISCHIEF

mischief, strife and hatred upon See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . Mention may here be made of an old See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian deity Furina (or Furrina), whose See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early into disuse, and who was almost forgotten in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro . By the mythologists of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero's time the name was connected with the verb furere and the noun furia, which in the plural (not being used in the singular in this sense) was accepted as the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the Greek Erinyes . But it is more probably related to furvus, fuscus, and signifies one of the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of darkness, who watched over men's lives and haunted their abodes . This goddess had her own special See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, a See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove across the See also:

• TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

Tiber where See also:

• GAIUS

Gaius See also:

• GRACCHUS

Gracchus was slain, and a festival on the 25th of See also:

• JULY

July . Authorities differ as to the existence of more than one goddess called Furina, and their identity with the Forinae mentioned in two See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions found at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (C.I.L. vi . 422 and 10,200) .