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Furies
Furies or Erinyes , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, three daughters of Mother Earth, conceived from the blood of Uranus, when Kronos castrated him. They were powerful divinities that personified conscience and punished crimes against kindred blood, especially matricide. They were usua... Read more
Ate
Ate , in Greek mythology, personification of the rash temper that leads men to folly and misfortune. She was the daughter of Zeus, who, angered by her mischief, cast her from Olympus. In Greek tragedy she was an avenger of evil deeds and thus was similar to Nemesis and the Furies. ... Read more
Paul Heyse
Paul Heyse , 1830-1914, German realistic writer. Besides the 120 novellas on which his reputation rests, he wrote some 50 plays, 6 novels, and many fine translations, especially of Italian poets. He was the first German to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1910). His most famous story is L'Arr... Read more
Orestes
Orestes in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. After the slaying of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes, still a boy, was sent to live in exile. Since it was the duty of the senior male in the house to punish the murderers, ... Read more
Uranus
Uranus in Greek religion and mythology, the heaven, first ruler of the universe, son of Gaea (the earth). He was the father of Gaea's children, the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires). Fearing that his children would rebel against him, he imprisoned them, but Kron... Read more
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang , 1890-1976, German-American film director, b. Vienna. His silent and early sound films, such as Metropolis (1926), are marked by brilliant expressionist technique. He gained worldwide acclaim with M (1933), a study of a child molester and murderer. After directing 15 films, Lang fled... Read more
Sir William Edward Parry
Sir William Edward Parry , 1790-1855, British arctic explorer and rear admiral. He entered the navy at 13 and made his first voyage to the Arctic under Sir John Ross in 1818 in search of the Northwest Passage . He was then put in command of the Hecla and the Griper in an expedition (1819-20) ... Read more
Paolo Uccello
Paolo Uccello , c.1396-1475, Florentine painter. Uccello was little appreciated in his own time, and much of his work has been destroyed or is in poor condition. Although first apprenticed to Ghiberti, he later shows the influence of Masaccio. In 1425 he went to Venice and worked on mosaics for St. ... Read more
William Faulkner
William Faulkner 1897-1962, American novelist, b. New Albany, Miss., one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Born into an old Southern family named Falkner, he changed the spelling of his last name to Faulkner when he published his first book, a collection of poems entitled The Marble ... Read more
Sir Salman Rushdie
Sir Salman Rushdie , 1947-, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language and the wide variety of Eastern and Western characters and cultures he explores. His first novels, including Midnight's Children (1981; Booker Prize; adapted for the s... Read more

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Furies
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Furies or Erinyes , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, three daughters of...Athena absolved Orestes of guilt in the murder of his mother, she gave the Furies a grotto at Athens where they received sacrifices and libations, and became...
Fury and Hecla Strait
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fury and Hecla Strait , narrow channel, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 15 mi (16-24 km) wide, N Canada, between Baffin...
Sound and the Fury, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Sound and the Fury, The, novel by Faulkner , published in 1929. The story is told in four parts, through the stream of consciousness of three...
Oresteia, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...and is himself pursued by the Eumenides, or Furies. The Eumenides shows the Furies in pursuit of Orestes, who is protected by the...ancient blood vengeance: Athena reconciles the Furies to the new Law, and they are transformed into...
Grenada, U.S. Intervention in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...in Grenada in 1983, code‐named “Urgent Fury,” was hastily planned but overwhelming. The invasion...successful, there were a number of serious problems with Urgent Fury, among them inadequate and poorly disseminated intelligence...
Adding Machine, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...that modern adding machines have replaced him. In a blind fury, Mr. Zero kills his employer. Mr. Zero's harridan wife...railings in the courtroom set were distorted, Mr. Zero's fury was suggested by large numbers whirling across the stage, and...
Lee, Bruce
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...soon released the movie known to U.S. audiences as Fists of Fury. The story, featuring Lee as a fighter seeking revenge on those...ability, Lee was a star in the making. Sudden death Fists of Fury set box-office records in Hong Kong that were broken only by...
Sir James Clark Ross
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1820 aboard the Hecla; the second was between 1821 and 1823 in H.M.S. Fury. Ross received a promotion on Dec. 26, 1822, and sailed as lieutenant of the Fury on Parry's 1824-1825 Arctic expedition. He was also with Parry in 1827...
William Faulkner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Snopes clan, representing the ruthless, mercantile New South. "The Sound and the Fury" The book generally regarded as Faulkner's masterpiece, The Sound and the Fury (1929), is a radical departure from conventional novelistic form. It uses a...
Orestes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...mother and her lover. After this matricide he was haunted by the Furies (Erinyes) until he reached Athens. He was tried and acquitted...the Areopagus, the tribunal of Athenian judges. Not all the Furies, however, accepted the verdict; and, to win full expiation...

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fury
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...storm she was paddling with a new fury. 2. ( Fury ) Greek Mythol. a spirit of punishment...inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date...she turned on him like a vengeful fury. PHRASES: like fury inf. with...
Fury
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers FURY USA, 1936 Director: Fritz Lang Production...Script: Lang, Fritz, and Bartlett Cormack, Fury, in Twenty Best Screenplays, edited by John...many of Fritz Lang's post-Hitler films, Fury almost didn't get made; according to Lotte...
Furies, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Furies, the in Greek mythology, spirits of punishment, often represented as one of three...the guilty with stings of conscience, and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides .
URGENT FURY, Operation
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military URGENT FURY, Operation code name for the invasion of Grenada by U.S. forces in 1983.
Furyū monji
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Furyū monji (transmission outside the scriptures): see FUKASETSU .
battle fury
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology battle fury. See CÚCHULAINN .
Anger
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Allecto one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who...x201C; hell hath no fury. ” [Br. Drama...Nibelungenlied ] Erinyes ( the Furies ) angry and avenging deities...Tisiphone one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who...Coriolanus ] whin indicates fury. [Flower Symbolism...
Schnee, Charles
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Next Voice You Hear (Wellman); The Furies (A. Mann); Right Cross (J. Sturges...successful westerns (Red River, The Furies, and Westward the Women ), his work...which women are central to the story: The Furies and Westward the Women. Both are superior...
hell
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...1745, at Medmenham Abbey. hell hath no fury like a woman scorned proverbial saying...hate is the most savage of creatures; a fury here may be either one of the avenging...like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned.’ The...
Serglige Con Culainn agus Óenét Emire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...into his ríastrad [battle fury], transforming his countenance into a vision of terror. So heated is the fury that he is immersed three times in a...try to keep it from her. In her own fury, she leads fifty women with whetted...

Thesaurus entries related to "Furies"

fury
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 1. she exploded with fury synonyms : rage, anger, wrath...good humor.   2. the fury of the storm synonyms : fierceness...turned on her mother like a fury synonyms : virago, hellcat...harridan, dragon, gorgon; ( Furies ) Greek Mythology Eumenides...
rage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 1. be filled with rage synonyms : fury, anger, wrath, ire, high dudgeon...fly into a rage synonyms : fit of rage/fury, frenzy, tantrum, paroxysm of rage...violence, turbulence, tumult, fire and fury. phrase: all the rage   miniskirts...
temper
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...1. he walked out in a temper synonyms : fit of rage, rage, fury, fit of pique, tantrum, bad mood, mood, sulk, huff; informal...hissy fit.   2. a display of temper synonyms : anger, fury, rage, annoyance, vexation, irritation, irritability, ill...
ablaze
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...radiant, shimmering, sparkling, flashing, dazzling, luminous, incandescent.   3. his eyes were ablaze with fury synonyms : passionate, impassioned, aroused, excited, adrenalized, stimulated, eager, animated, intense, ardent, fiery...
ire
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ire • noun literary  the plans provoked the ire of conservationists synonyms : anger, rage, fury, wrath, outrage, temper, crossness, spleen; annoyance, exasperation, irritation, displeasure, indignation, vexation, chagrin, pique; literary choler.
render
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus render • verb   1. her fury rendered her speechless synonyms : make, cause to be/become, leave.   2. rendering assistance synonyms : give, provide...
blaze
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 2. lights blazed in the street synonyms : shine, beam, flash, flare, glare, glitter.   3. she blazed with fury synonyms : flare up, blow up, explode, seethe, fume, boil, smolder; inf. see red, work oneself up, get steamed up.
outrage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...offense, affront, insult, injury, abuse, indignity, scandal, desecration, violation.   3. arouse outrage in the citizens synonyms : anger, fury, rage, indignation, wrath, annoyance, shock, resentment, horror, amazement.
shrew
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English shrew • noun  acting like a shrew synonyms : virago, termagant, fury, harpy, nag.
vexation
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English vexation • noun   1. her vexation at his behavior synonyms : anger, annoyance, irritation, rage, fury, exasperation, pique, provocation, perturbation, discomposure, worry, agitation, harassment, gall.   2. he...

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Fury eye up the double.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland); 4/3/2008; 700+ words ; FURY'S cadet men erased their Scottish Cup final...their shock loss to Saints in the cup final. Fury went into the match undefeated in the league...different. The first half was close with Fury taking both quarters 20-18, giving them...
Fury men make no Buddies to stay on top.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland); 2/2/2006; 700+ words ; CLARK ERIKSSON FURY 106 REID KERR BUDDIES 90 Scottish Senior Men's National League FURY made it eight wins in a row against a never say...Lubeigt unavailable this was a different looking Fury team with only one man in the middle instead of...
Plymouth had no Fury like the 1960
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; The Plymouth Fury entered the 1960s as a radically different...the classic, cleanly styled 1956-58 Fury models. The 1960 version was very powerful...still causes heads to turn. The first Fury was a sporty low-production 1956 coupe...
Basketball: Fury ease drop fears.
Newspaper article from: Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England); 3/10/2006; 700+ words ; Lynn Fury eased their relegation fears by winning both...through the remainder of the league. JW Sandle Fury's two wins saw them move up to fourth from...to London United (6pm). Solent Stars 90 Fury 95 Fury continued their improv-ed form...
Fury: All the rage; Classics : Chrysler Took Country by Storm in 1956
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/24/2007; ; 700+ words ; The 1958 Plymouth Fury from Chrysler Corp. is the last and most powerful of the classic 1956-58 Fury models and is widely known as the diabolical...the Plymouth car name was born. The first Fury -- a 1956 model -- came as a shock when...
Fury fail to topple Kings.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland); 11/10/2006; 700+ words ; CLARK ERIKSSON FURY 52 EDINBURGH KINGS 60 Scottish Senior Men's National League FURY'S undefeated run ended at Portobello with an eight...Edinburgh Kings. However, while it is a blow to Fury's championship hopes, there is still a long way...
Fury march into final eight but women lose by two.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland); 12/13/2007; 700+ words ; FURY'S senior men - and 'boys' - blasted past...Centre by mutual consent. With two former Fury stars in the visiting team - Nick Compton...16 down with Daniel Donnelly hitting 10 of Fury's points. However, it was a different...
Fury is aiming to emulate his old pal Danny now.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/1/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: Simon Roberts WARREN FURY is finally hoping to follow in the footsteps...the Guinness Premiership A League. While Fury's career stalled due to a long-termback...in this season's Six Nations, while Fury was trying to kick-start his career with...
Fury fail to topple the Kings ... but women inflict.
Newspaper article from: The Falkirk Herald (Falkirk, Scotland); 11/15/2007; 700+ words ; FURY made it three wins to two over the Edinburgh...opening exchanges the Kings shot well while Fury failed to convert their scoring opportunities...significant lead, there was no panic in the Fury camp and a switch to zone, as well as the...
1956-58 Fury reversed Plymouth's stodgy reputation
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; The 1958 Plymouth Fury--widely known as the diabolical car in the Steven King horror...Christine"--was the last and most powerful of the classic 1956-58 Fury models. All Fury models were speedy, flashy, limited-production coupes that...