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According to Hesiod, Alecto was the daughter of Gaea fertilized by the blood spilled from Uranus when Cronus castrated him. She is the sister of Tisiphone and Megaera.These three Furies had snakes for hair and blood dripped from their eyes, while their wings were those of bats. [2]
The Erinyes (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n i. iː z / ih-RI-nee-eez; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sg. Ἐρινύς Erinys), [2] also known as the Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, the "Gracious ones") [a] and commonly known in English as the Furies, are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
Megaera (/ m ə ˈ dʒ ɪər ə / mə-JEER-ə; Ancient Greek: Μέγαιρα, romanized: Mégaira, lit. 'the jealous one' [1]) is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology. Bibliotheca Classica states "According to the most received opinions, they were three in number, Tisiphone, "Megaera ... daughter of Nyx and Acheron", [2 ...
Tisiphone [1] (Ancient Greek: Τισιφόνη, romanized: Tisiphónē, "Avenger of murder"), [2] or Tilphousia, was one of the three Erinyes or Furies in Greek mythology. Her sisters were Alecto and Megaera. [3] They resided in the Greek underworld and ascended to earth in pursuit of the wicked. [2]
The Erinyes (Ἐρινύες), the Furies, goddesses of retribution, known as "The Kindly Ones" Alecto (Ἀληκτώ), the unceasing one; Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη), avenger of murder; Megaera (Μέγαιρα), the jealous one; Gorgyra (Γοργύρα) Hades (¨Αδης) God of underworld and all things beneath the earth
Erinyes: (also known as the Furies). In Greek mythology, they were Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone, three female personifications of vengeance. They appear and threaten Dante with the head of the Medusa. Inf. IX, 34–72. Erysichthon: Ancient King of Thessaly who cut down a grove of trees sacred to Demeter. Her revenge was to give him insatiable ...
The Erinyes (also known as the Furies) were the three goddesses associated with the souls of the dead and the avenged crimes against the natural order of the world. They consist of Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone. They were particularly concerned with crimes done by children against their parents such as matricide, patricide, and unfilial conduct.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈ m ɔɪ r aɪ,-r iː /)—often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death).