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EUMENIDES (from Gr. evµevtits, kindly; di, well, and jAvos, disposition) , the " kindly ones," a See also:euphemism for the See also:Furies or See also:Erinyes (q.v.). They give their name to a famous See also:play by See also:Aeschylus (q.v.), written in glorification of the old See also:religion and aristocratic See also:government of See also:Athens, in opposition to the new See also:democracy of the Periclean See also:period.

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