Alēktō (English spelling) Alekto

Japanese: Alēktō(英語表記)Alekto
Alēktō (English spelling) Alekto

...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.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alēktō" is listed below.

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。…

※「Alēktō」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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