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Furies (The Three)

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Tisiphŏne (Goel, or Avenger of blood), Alecto (Implacable), and Megæra (Disputatious). The best paintings of these divinities are those by Il Giottino (Thomas di Stefano) of Florence (1324–1356), Giulio Romano (1492–1546), Pietro da Cortõna (1596–1669), and Titian (1477–1576).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Funeral Banquet
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Fungoso
Funk
Funny Bone
Furbelow
Furca
Furcam et Flagellum (gallows and whip)
Furies (The Three)
Furies of the Guillotine (The)
Furor
Fusberta
Fusilier’s
Fuss
Fustian
Fustian Words
Futile
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