Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Alecto

One of the Furies, whose head was covered with snakes.

Then like Alecto, terrible to view,
Or like Medusa, the Circassian grew.

Hoole: Jerusalem Delivered, b. vi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Alectorian Stone
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