Megaera

[ muh-jeer-uh ]

/ məˈdʒɪər ə /

one of the Furies.

Example sentences from the Web for megaera

In future I shall call all she-asses that, but the old Megaera named this one Jason.

Complete Short Works |Georg Ebers
Their names (see l. 24) were Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer
Let Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone shriek and wail ever so loudly, they shall not break it.

The Serf |Guy Thorne
And Megaera women perambulate the streets, with flags, with lamentable alleleu.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle

What is nobler than a mother's love, but when she fights for her child she becomes a raving Megaera.

Serapis, Complete |Georg Ebers

Megaera

/ (mɪˈdʒɪərə) /

Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Alecto and Tisiphone