Arae

In Greek mythology, the Arae (/ˈɛəriː/) 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]

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

They are sometimes identified with the Erinyes.[3]

References

Bacchylides, Fragment 20a
Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 406
Aeschylus, Eumenides 415 ff

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