Reading notes

• The Aeneid §2.337 Fury

  An Erinys or avenging Fury; the war-frenzy, and later Helen, are each called the 'common Fury' of Troy.

• The Aeneid §4.376 Furies

  The avenging Furies (Erinyes/Dirae) whose madness Dido feels driving her.

• The Aeneid §6.250 Eumenides

  The Furies, avengers of crime; their mother is Night, their sister Earth.

• The Aeneid §8.669 Furies

  The Furies (Dirae), avenging spirits whose faces terrify the damned Catiline.

• The Aeneid §12.845 Dirae

  The Dirae, twin Furies (with Megaera, daughters of Night) who attend Jove's throne; one is sent against Turnus.

• The Georgics §1.278 Furies

  The avenging underworld goddesses, born with Orcus on the fifth day.