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The Furies (Furiae)

The Furies, called the Erinyes in Greek, pursue people who have broken a serious oath or harmed their own family. Later stories also call them the Kindly Ones.

Grades 7–8. Myth.

How it connects

They are punishers, not monsters of the labyrinth.

Latin words that go with this card: ira, lex.

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