Eumenides
EUMENIDES (from Gr., kindly; , well, and , disposition), the "kindly ones," a euphemism for the Furies or Erinyes (q.v.). They give their name to a famous play by Aeschylus (q.v.), written in glorification of the old religion and aristocratic government of Athens, in opposition to the new democracy of the Periclean period.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
