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  1. In Greek mythology, the Erinyes, appeasingly
  2. called the Eumenides, (`kindly ones'). They
  3. were the daughters of Earth or of Night,
  4. represented as winged maidens with serpents
  5. twisted in their hair. They punished such
  6. crimes as filial disobedience, murder, and
  7. inhospitality.
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