Tisiphone

tiss-IF-uh-nee
Greek
"Avenging murder"

Tisiphone Origin and Meaning

The name Tisiphone is a girl's name meaning "Avenging murder".

The name of one of the Furies in Greek mythology, a goddess who avenged crimes of murder. She is described as wearing a dripping blood-red robe, with a serpent coiled around her waist.

Tisiphone in Pop Culture

  • Tisiphoneor Tilphousia, was one of the three Erinyes or Furies; sister of Alecto and Megaera; who punished crimes of murder