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Eumenides [r]: From Greek mythology, a euphemistic term for the Furies; it literally means "kindly ones". Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.