Alastor

Alastor (Greek Ἀλάστωρ ) In Greek mythology, the demon of discrimination based on sacrilege curse. In particular, it refers to the curse that rested on the house of Atreus, originally caused by the murder of his father Agamemnon, Orestes. Alastor brings the cursed to commit new outrages, which the curse is renewed, according to the known Schiller Quote: "This is the curse of the evil deed that they, propagating still, it brings forth evil ."

This curse demon is also personified as a personal companion, ie the Cursed is haunted by his Alastor, such as Oedipus in Sophocles. , Is possessed by a Alastor and is even referred to as Alastor, as Orestes in Aeschylus.

Generally considered evil spirit Alastor appears in the " Persians " of Aeschylus.

" Alastor " also appears as a surname avenging deities, especially the Erinyes, but also by Zeus. So there was near Thasos one of the " Zeus Alastor " consecrated altar.

In later times, Alastor is a dirty word ( " wicked " ) and in Christian demonology to the name of a devil.

Finally, Alastor also appears as the name of one of the black horses in the four-horse chariot of Hades.