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alastor

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a·las·tor also A·las·tor  (-lstr, -tôr)
n.
An avenging deity or spirit, the masculine personification of Nemesis, frequently evoked in Greek tragedy.

[Greek alastr, from alastos, unforgettable : a-, not; see a-1 + lanthanein, lath-, to escape notice.]


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It was a place to quote Alastor in, and nothing but a bad memory prevented my affrighting the oaks and rills with declamation.
With this he left them and went onward to Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, who was marshalling his men and urging them on, in company with Pelagon, Alastor, Chromius, Haemon, and Bias shepherd of his people.
 
 
 
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