Alecto (Noun)
Meaning
One of the three Furies.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Greeks feared Alecto, the Fury of unceasing anger, who tormented those who had escaped justice in life.
- In Greek mythology, Alecto was one of the three Erinyes, known for her fierce and relentless pursuit of vengeance.
- Alecto was often depicted as a monstrous creature with a head full of snakes, embodying the wrath of the gods.
- According to legend, Alecto was the most ruthless of the three Furies, driving men mad with her incessant torments.
- In the underworld, Alecto joined her sisters, Tisiphone and Megaera, in tormenting the guilty and upholding the natural order of justice.