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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[euphemism|euphemistic term]] for the [[Furies]]; it literally means "kindly ones". Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|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]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[euphemism|euphemistic term]] for the [[Furies]]; it literally means "kindly ones".

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Eumenides [r]: From Greek mythology, a euphemistic term for the Furies; it literally means "kindly ones".