Alecto

[ uh-lek-toh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. one of the Furies.

Alecto

/ əˈlɛktəʊ /

noun

1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone

Example Sentences

Alecto is scornfully dismissed by Juno, who causes war to be formally declared (649-747).

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Well might those memories take each a voice to accuse them; well, from that hell, might rise the Alecto!

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Their names were Alecto, Megra, and Tisiphone, and their origin was variously accounted for.

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Then straightway Alecto betook herself to the dwelling of King Latinus.

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Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.

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