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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...
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...
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...
Megaera
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Megaera see Furies .
Alecto
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Alecto : see Furies .
Ate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...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.
Jones, James Earl
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...being abandoned hurt him deeply. "No matter how old the character I play," he said, "those deep childhood memories, those furies, will come out. I understand this." Jones lived at his grandparents' farm and hunted, fished, and performed various chores...
Mourning Becomes Electra
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...love he had for his mother was not entirely natural and that it has been transferred to his sister. Unable to conciliate the furies that hound him, he kills himself. Lavinia once again must don her mourning. She orders the house shut up, knowing she will...
Royal Air Force
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...French air force, in poor shape, had some 1,500. But while the British figures included sedate Gloster Gladiators and Hawker Furies (not very furious with a top speed of 223 m.p.h. and introduced in 1931), the Luftwaffe had been completely re-equipped...
Giordano Bruno
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...s system described it as pantheistic. Bruno also published an Italian dialogue, De gli eroici furori (1585; The Heroic Furies ), in which he presents the Renaissance conception of Platonic love. Returning to France in 1585, Bruno was forced to leave...

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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 .
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...
Anger
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...also , , .) Allecto one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who punish evil-doers...Lit.: Nibelungenlied ] Erinyes ( the Furies ) angry and avenging deities who pursue...x2013; 325] Megaera one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who punish evil-doers...
Punishment
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Gk. Hist.: Herodotus in Magill III, 479] Dirae the Furies; punished crimes and avenged wrongs. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz...Opera: Mozart, Don Giovanni , Westerman, 95] Erinyes (Furies) three sisters who pursue those guilty of blood crimes and...
Madness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Dionysus. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 16] Alcmeon driven mad by the Furies. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 16] Ashton, Lucy goes mad upon...Bellini, Puritani , Westerman, 133 – 135] Erinyes ( Furies ) three sisters who tormented those guilty of blood crimes...
Vengeance
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo ] Dirae avenging goddesses or Furies. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, l: 326] Don Carlos takes vengeance...Operetta: J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus , Westerman, 278] Furies horrible avengers of crimes. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary...
Eumenides
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Eumenides in Greek mythology, a name given to the Furies. The Eumenides (‘the Kindly Ones’) probably originated as well-disposed deities of fertility, whose name was given to the Furies either by confusion or euphemistically.
Stanwyck, Barbara
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Brown) 1950 The File on Thelma Jordan (Siodmak) (title role); No Man of Her Own (Leisen) (as Helen Ferguson); The Furies (Anthony Mann) (as Vance Jeffords); To Please a Lady (Brown) (as Regina Forbes) 1951 The Man with a Cloak (Markle...
fury
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...curses pronounced upon criminals, tortured the guilty with stings of conscience, and inflicted famines and pestilences. The Furies were identified at an early date with the Eumenides. ∎  dated used to convey a woman's anger or aggression...
Walkyrie
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...battlefields and decide who should die, the equivalent of the Scandinavian Valkyrie ; the word in Old English is found as rendering the name of the Roman war-goddess Bellona , or designating the Furies or Gorgons of classical mythology.

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fury
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...forcefulness, power, strength. antonym: mildness.   3. she turned on her mother like a fury synonyms : virago, hellcat, termagant, spitfire, vixen, shrew, harridan, dragon, gorgon; ( Furies ) Greek Mythology Eumenides.

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FURY TRANSFORMED; Ten Thousand Things' production of `The Furies' shows how Aeschylus' drama still resonates - 2,500 years after it was written.(VARIETY / FREETIME)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...after watching a performance of "The Furies" by Ten Thousand Things last week. She...and found epiphany watching the mythical Furies in this Greek drama transform from virulent...a sedated force for justice. "If the Furies can change, then I can, too," she...
Been Scorned? Call the Furies
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/24/1993; ; 498 words ; ...retaliate against her philandering husband, she sought the Furies. The Furies -- as members of the Hell Hath No Fury Society are...Godiva or a football to Joe Montana's cleat, call the Furies. They specialize in advising the lovelorn and in righting...
D.C. Furies Tackle a Tough Sport; Women's Rugby Team Makes No Bones - - but Breaks a Few -- About Loving Game
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/30/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the rugby players known as the D.C. Furies, the women's club team that placed...100 on a good day. So when some of the Furies talk about their "fan clubs" across...of their fundraising. Since 1998, the Furies have moved about 30 households, packing...
The Furies.
Magazine article from: The Women's Review of Books; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; IN THE FURIES, Suzy McKee Charnas continues the story...slavery, but it's been worth it. For The Furies is a wonderful book: tightly written...can produce; he shows up again in The Furies as the only man willing to talk with the...
ON DVD; Mann tames `The Furies'; Legendary director Anthony Mann offers that rarity of classic Hollywood: the female-driven western. The 1950 film debuts Tuesday on DVD.(VARIETY)(ON DVD)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...of another Mann western, 1950's "The Furies" ($40). While some might say that "The Furies" didn't have the lasting impact of "Man...seriously underrated and neglected." "The Furies" also has something that most westerns lack...
The Furies.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 9/22/2008; ; 653 words ; ...on the promise of a film entitled The Furies, but Anthony Mann was unquestionably...these tensions in a familial context, The Furies evokes the archetypal conflicts of Greek...devotion into an equally intense hatred. The Furies falls short of later masterpieces like...
SWEET BEATS, TROUBLED SLEEP (NIGHT OF THE FURIES REMIXED)
Newspaper article from: The Independent Weekly; 5/7/2008; ; 649 words ; ...BEATS, TROUBLED SLEEP (NIGHT OF THE FURIES REMIXED) (Merge Records) The indie...release of last year's Night of the Furies, Raleigh band The Rosebuds seemed to...an album of remixes of Night of the Furies, lays another length of track-disco...
Tragically Good 'Furies' Premieres at Catholic U.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/2006; 457 words ; ...each play. The last of these, "The Furies," premiered this past weekend at Ward...to replace the ancient harshness of the Furies -- whose new name, Eumenides, means...music neatly tracks the transformation of Furies to Eumenides: Dark, dense and difficult...
Review: Sasha Abramsky's 'American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment'.
News Wire article from: AScribe Law News Service; 5/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...than any country on earth. In "American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in...of research and reporting, "American Furies" chronicles the rise in incarceration...is deep and multilayered. "American Furies" is a call for reform both behind bars...
The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Mayer, Arno J. The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and...May 2000 Arno J. Mayer, author of The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and...usefulness of this well-footnoted work. The Furies has limitations as a classroom text...