They were the defendants in a trial put forth by Athena, where Apollo acted as counsel for the plaintiff, and one story says they were born from the ocean in the blood of Ouranus.
Meleagros encountered them after prayers from his mother Althaia, and Homer groups them together into a being he calls the "mist walker," who is responsible for the state of Theoclymenus in The Odyssey. They were the defendants in a trial put forth by Athena, where Apollo acted as counsel for the plaintiff, and one story says they were born from the ocean in the blood of Ouranus. For 10 points, give the collective name of Alecto, Megara, and Tisiphone, who endlessly plague murderers such as Orestes with the curses of the dead.
Meleagros encountered them after prayers from his mother Althaia, and Homer groups them together into a being he calls the "mist walker," who is responsible for the state of Theoclymenus in The Odyssey.
{Erinyes} [accept {Furies} or {Eumenides} ]