Alecto - Alecto

Japanese: アレクト - あれくと
Alecto - Alecto

...When they appeared on stage as choruses in the third part of Aeschylus's Oresteia, the Eumenides, some female spectators reportedly fainted or miscarried. Their number was initially indeterminate, but was later limited to three sisters, Alecto, Megaira, and Tisiphone. The Romans called them the Furiae or Dirae.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アイスキュロスの悲劇〈オレステイア三部作〉の第3部《エウメニデス》で彼女たちがコロスとして舞台に登場したとき,気絶あるいは流産した女性の観客があったと伝えられる。彼女たちの数は最初は不定であったが,のちにアレクトAlēktō,メガイラMegaira,ティシフォネTisiphonēの3姉妹に限定された。ローマ人はフリアエFuriaeまたはディラエDiraeと呼んだ。…

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