The Furies (Erinnyes, Eumenides)

A trio of merciless, vengeful goddesses Accounts vary of whose genes they inherited Some say the sprang from that wound of Uranus’s Others that Night or Darkness should be credited A Greek would refer to them as 'Eumenides' Which literally means 'the good-tempered ones' An early example of knowing on which side his Bread was buttered; and who could break his buns Tisiphone ’Tis known Is “the Avenger of blood” Alecto Elects to Be “the Implacable” Magaera’s Mega-Jealousy Is worked and reworked like a cud Better not to catch the eyes Of these vindictive Erinnyes And live as good a life as you are able