Erinyes (Ἐρινύες) (Ἐρινύς) were goddesses of revenge in Greek myths and legends. Uranus (Οὐρανός) and Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa) or Nyx (Νύξ) (Nýx) were their parents.
There were three Erinyes: Alecto (Ἀληκτώ) (Alēktṓ), Megaera (Μέγαιρα) (Mégaira), and Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη) (Tisiphónē).
These goddesses persecuted Orestes (Ὀρέστης) (Orestēs) after he killed his mother Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) (Klytaimnḗstrā).
