Eumenides

Japanese: Eumenides
Eumenides

…The Erinyes and Apollo argued over the importance of the mother-son relationship and marriage, but the goddess acquitted Orestes. The angry Erinyes was appeased when he was revered as Eumenides, the patron god of the city. The curse of the House of Atreus was a vicious circle of endless retaliation that arose when humans tried to enforce the laws of divine justice. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エリニュエスとアポロンは母子の関係と婚姻関係の重要性をめぐって論争するが,女神はオレステスを無罪放免する。憤るエリニュエスは市の守護神エウメニデスEumenidesと名を変えてあがめられることになり怒りを収める。アトレウス家ののろいとは,神の正義の掟を人間の手で執行しようとするときに生ずる限りない報復行為の悪循環であった。…

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