Megaera
deity Greek single tradition · 1
Megaera is one of the three Erinyes recognized by Virgil. Her name means "jealous rage". She appears in the Aeneid and is depicted by Dante Alighieri in the Inferno.
When
- First attested
- 19 BCE
- Attested period
- -19 – 1321
- Historical notes
- Appears in Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Inferno.
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Source passages
“recognized three: Alecto or Alekto ("endless anger"), Megaera ("jealous rage"), and Tisiphone or Tilphousia ("vengeful destruction"), all of whom appear in the Aeneid. Dante Alighieri followed Virgil in depicting the same three-character triptych of Erinyes; in Canto IX of the Inferno, they confront the poets at the gates of the city of Dis”
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