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Alecto
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A·lec·to  (-lkt)
n. Greek & Roman Mythology
One of the Furies.
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Noun1.Alecto - one of the three Furies
Erinyes, Eumenides, Fury - (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
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(29) Furor, Mars, Allecto, Bellona, Enyo flock to Henry, and the English invasion is launched across the channel:
The 'Opicius' poems (British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. iv) and the ... by Carlson, David R. / Renaissance Quarterly
) Hessus, 1508, B3v: "Audistin Syrenes dulce cantantes blanda dulcedine soporatos et allectos ad se nautas in mari submersisse?
"Deaf as Ulysses to the Siren's Song": The Story of a Forgotten Topos ... by VREDEVELD, HARRY / Renaissance Quarterly
His utterances, reminiscent of those of Allecto in the Aeneid, are intended not only to persuade, but to foment anger and unleash fury.
Moving the Monarch. The Rhetoric of Persuasion in Camoes's Lusiadas by E SILVA, JOHN DE OLIVEIRA / Renaissance Quarterly
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