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In Greek mythology, the Arae were female spirits of curses, particularly of the curses placed by the dead upon those guilty of their death; they were associated with the underworld[1][2].

They are sometimes identified with the Erinyes[3].

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  1. Bacchylides, Fragment 20a
  2. Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 406
  3. Aeschylus, Eumenides 415 ff

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