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Tisiphone

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

One of the three Erinyes (Furies) who avenges murder and blood-guilt, especially the killing of kin. Her name means "avenging murder," and she relentlessly pursues those who shed family blood.

Detailed Definition
Tisiphone, whose name means “avenging murder,” is one of the Erinyes who drives murderers mad. She guards the gates of Tartarus. In poetry, she embodies the inescapable guilt of bloodshed and the psychological torment of violent crime.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tisiphone, Fury of vengeance, appears in Virgil’s Aeneid guarding Tartarus; In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, she drives Athamas to madness; Statius’s Thebaid depicts Tisiphone inciting civil war; Dante places Tisiphone among the Erinyes in Inferno; Seneca’s tragedies use Tisiphone as an agent of retribution; Modern psychological poetry uses Tisiphone to represent obsessive guilt.
Additional Notes
Tisiphone, one of the Erinyes, whose name means “avenger of murder,” punishes kin-slaying and civil war; she appears in Virgil’s Aeneid guarding the Underworld—ideal for poetry on blood guilt, civil strife, or the inescapability of violent legacy.
Also Known As
Avenger of Murder Bloodstained Fury Tisiphonē The Furies
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