Arae

Greek underworld
Residents
Aeacus Angelos Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades/Pluto Hecate Hypnos Macaria Melinoe Menoetius Minos Moirai Mormolykeia Persephone Rhadamanthus Thanatos
Geography
Acheron Asphodel Fields Cocytus Elysium Erebus Lethe Phlegethon Styx Tartarus
Famous Tartarus inmates
The Danaides Ixion Salmoneus Sisyphus Tantalus The Titans Tityus
Visitors
Aeneas Dionysus Heracles Hermes Odysseus Orpheus Pirithous Psyche Theseus

In Greek mythology, the /ˈɛriː, ˈeɪriː/ were female spirits of curses, particularly of the curses placed by the dead upon those guilty of their death; they were associated with the underworld.^[1]^[2]

They are sometimes identified with the Erinyes.^[3]

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