Tisiphone
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Tisiphone (Greek: Τισιφονη, "avenging murder") is the name of two figures in Greek mythology.
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[edit] The Erinyes
Tisiphone was one of the Erinyes, and sister of Alecto and Megaera. She was the one who punished crimes of murder: parricide, fratricide and homicide.
A myth recounts how Tisiphone fell in love with Cithaeron, and caused his death by snakebite, specifically, one of the snakes from her head.
In Book VI of Vergil's Aeneid, Tisiphone is recognized as the furious and cruel guardian of the gates of Tartarus.
[edit] Daughter of Alcmaeon
Tisiphone was the daughter of Alcmaeon and Manto. Alcmaeon accidentally left his children, Tisiphone and Amphilochus, with Creon. Creon's wife sold Tisiphone into slavery, envious of her beauty. She didn't realize that Tisiphone's purchaser was acting on behalf of her father. When Alcmaeon returned, he rescued his daughter and recovered his son.
[edit] References in modern culture
- 466 Tisiphone is an asteroid.
- Tisiphone abeona is a species of Australian butterfly.
- Between 1790 and 1973 there was a British naval sloop called Tisiphone: [1].
- Fury is a fictional character empowered by Tisiphone.
- Path Of The Fury is a book by David Weber
- The Game Boy Advance game, Golden Sun: The Lost Age features a weapon named 'Tisiphone Edge'.
