Editing Erinyes (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''Erinyes'' is of uncertain etymology; connections with the verb ὀρίνειν ''orinein'', "to raise, stir, excite", and the noun ἔρις ''[[Eris (mythology)|eris]]'', "strife" have been suggested;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frisk |first1=Hjalmar |title=Griechisches Etymologisches Worterbuch Band 1 |date=1960 |publisher=Carl Winter Universitätsverlag |page=559 |url=https://archive.org/details/griechischesetym0001hjal/page/558/mode/2up |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> Robert Beekes suggests that the word probably has a [[Pre-Greek substrate|Pre-Greek origin]].<ref>Beeks pp.&nbsp;458&ndash;459.</ref> The word ''Erinys'' in the [[grammatical number|singular]] and as a [[theonym]] is first attested in [[Mycenaean Greek]], written in [[Linear B]], in the following forms: {{lang|gmy|{{script|Linb|𐀁𐀪𐀝}}}}, ''e-ri-nu'', and  {{lang|gmy|{{script|Linb|𐀁𐀪𐀝𐀸}}}}, ''e-ri-nu-we''. These words are found on the [[Knossos|KN]] Fp 1, KN V 52,<ref>Chadwick, [https://archive.org/details/mycenaeanworld00chad/page/98 p. 98]: "Then comes a surprising figure: ''Erinus'', the later name, usually in the plural, for the Furies or avenging spirits believed to pursue murderers. The same name has now been deciphered on the edge of the famous list of Greek gods at Knossos (V 52) with which I began this chapter."</ref> and KN Fh 390 tablets.<ref>Chadwick, [https://archive.org/details/mycenaeanworld00chad/page/98 p. 98]: "Here we have another reference to ''Erinus'' (Fh 390)..."</ref>