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Erinyes
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E·rin·y·es  (-rn-z)
pl.n. Greek Mythology
The Furies.
Erinyes [ɪˈrɪnɪˌiːz]
pl n sing Erinys [ɪˈrɪnɪs ɪˈraɪ-]
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Myth another name for the Furies
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Noun1.Erinyes - (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
Eumenides, Fury
classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
Alecto - one of the three Furies
Megaera - one of the three Furies
Tisiphone - one of the three Furies
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The Kindly Ones By Jonathan Littell Translated by Charlotte Mandell McClelland & Stewart 2009, $29.
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The difficult balance in achieving such an ethical framework and to refrain from banality, melodrama, and even potentially Holocaust porn has most recently been exemplified in the controversy around the almost 1000-page long novel by the Jonathan Littell, written in French and published in French in 2006, Les Bienveillantes and translated to English as The Kindly Ones.
Introduction to new work in Holocaust studies by Vasvari, Louise O.; de Zepetnek, Steven Totosy / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
So it should come as no surprise that the recent publication in Germany of Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones sparked an unprecedented blizzard of controversy.
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