eumenides

English Thesaurus

1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals (noun.person)

hyponym	:	alecto,
definition	:	one of the three Furies (noun.person)

hyponym	:	megaera,
definition	:	one of the three Furies (noun.person)

hyponym	:	tisiphone,
definition	:	one of the three Furies (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	mythical creature, mythical monster,
definition	:	a monster renowned in folklore and myth (noun.person)

domain category	:	classical mythology,
definition	:	the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks (noun.group)