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Megaera

[ muh-jeer-uh ]

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.


Megaera

/ ɪˈɪəə /

noun

  1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Alecto and Tisiphone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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They were usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto.

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Up till that time she passed simply as Megaera, as an “arch witch,” as Goethe calls her.

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When he's out of Humour at any Thing, then presently I'm Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, Medusa, Baucis, and whatsoever comes into his Head in his mad Mood.

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The frightened devil, seeing the enormous solution of the continuity in all its dimensions, blessed himself, and cried out, Mahon, Demiourgon, Megaera, Alecto, Persephone! 'slife, catch me here when he comes!

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A gentler doom dread Minos passed, While down his cheeks the tears coursed fast And e'en around Megaera's face The serpents twined in fond embrace, The lashes' work seemed done.

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