元となった辞書の項目
Keres
固有名詞
ギリシャ語
(Greek
mythology)
The
goddesses
of
death,
specifically
cruel
and
violent
deaths,
including
death
in
battle,
by
accident,
murder
or
ravaging
disease.
They
numbered
in
the
thousands
and
were
the
daughters
of
Nyx
and
Erebus,
and
the
sisters
of
Thanatos
and
Hypnos.
Their
Roman
counterparts
were
the
Letum
or
the
Tenebrae.
日本語の意味
ギリシャ神話における死の女神たち、すなわち戦闘、事故、殺人、疫病などによる残酷で激しい死を司る存在であり、ナイトとエレバスの娘、タナトスとヒュプノスの姉妹として知られる。そのローマ神話における対応は、LetumまたはTenebraeである
意味(1)
(Greek
mythology)
The
goddesses
of
death,
specifically
cruel
and
violent
deaths,
including
death
in
battle,
by
accident,
murder
or
ravaging
disease.
They
numbered
in
the
thousands
and
were
the
daughters
of
Nyx
and
Erebus,
and
the
sisters
of
Thanatos
and
Hypnos.
Their
Roman
counterparts
were
the
Letum
or
the
Tenebrae.