Tisiphone

Tisiphone (Ancient Greek: Τισιφόνη, romanized: Tisiphónē, "Avenger of murder"), or Tilphousia, was one of the three Erinyes or Furies in Greek mythology. Her sisters were Alecto and Megaera. They resided in the Greek underworld and ascended to earth in pursuit of the wicked. She and her sisters punished crimes of murder: parricide, fratricide and homicide.

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