Megaera
Sign in to saveMegaera ( ; ) is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology. Bibliotheca Classica states "According to the most received opinions, they were three in number, Tisiphone, "Megaera ... daughter of Nyx and Acheron", and Alecto".
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Megaera
- Deity.image
- Questa e megera dal sinistro canto at cornell insight.jpg
- Deity.caption
- "Questa e megera dal sinistro canto", front the Divine Comedy, 1793 printing
- Deity.deity_of
- Goddess of jealousy and envy
- Deity.member_of
- The Erinyes
- Deity.parents
- Uranus or Nyx
- Deity.siblings
- Alecto and Tisiphone
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Megaera ( ; ) is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology. Bibliotheca Classica states "According to the most received opinions, they were three in number, Tisiphone, "Megaera ... daughter of Nyx and Acheron", and Alecto".
In other versions, she and her sisters, as well as the Meliae, were born of the blood of Uranus when Cronus castrated him.
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