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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Furies

(The Three). Tisiphone (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 Cortona (1596-1669), and Titian (1477-1576).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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