the Furies
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“Hitler’s Germany unleashed the Furies of war,” Weirich observed after the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Charles added: “Perhaps it’s a mercy that Mailer died just a few months after Twitter captured the public’s attention. Were the Great American Novelist alive today, the Furies would peck his bones bare.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Pointedly, Philippe begins the film with a shot of the Temple of Apollo ruins at Delphi and a dramatization of the Furies, played by a trio of actresses with a few creepy Giger-esque visual enhancements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
“All three plays need to be done in one evening. And the Furies need to be terrifying.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2018
I managed to get up ten rows, then duck into an empty seat just as the Furies walked past.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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