Megaera

American

[muh-jeer-uh] / məˈdʒɪər ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.

one of the Furies.

Megaera British

/ mɪˈdʒɪərə /

noun

Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Alecto and Tisiphone

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They were usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The frightened devil, seeing the enormous solution of the continuity in all its dimensions, blessed himself, and cried out, Mahon, Demiourgon, Megaera, Alecto, Persephone! 'slife, catch me here when he comes!

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

When he's out of Humour at any Thing, then presently I'm Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, Medusa, Baucis, and whatsoever comes into his Head in his mad Mood.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Up till that time she passed simply as Megaera, as an “arch witch,” as Goethe calls her.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.

He steals cautiously towards the spot indicated by Megaera.

From Androcles and the Lion by Shaw, Bernard

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