the Erinyes

The other monsters were finally driven from the earth, but not the Erinyes.

Heraclitus says, “Not even the sun will transgress his orbit but the Erinyes, the ministers of justice, overtake him.”

The dread forms of his pursuers, the Erinyes, the Furies, were arrayed against him, but Orestes listened calmly to their demand for vengeance.

Although Athena had pronounced him clear of guilt, in this story all the Erinyes had not accepted the verdict.

Eumenides, ū-men′i-dēz, n.pl. the Erinyes or Furies—the euphemistic name for these.