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{{Short description|Greek mythological figure}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Poena''' or '''Poine''' ({{Langx|grc|Ποινή|Poinḗ|recompense, punishment}}) is the spirit of [[punishment]] and the attendant of punishment to [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/irwin/nemesis.html | title=Nemesis | publisher=University of Oxford | access-date=2013-04-08 | author=Irwin, Patrick | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002053525/http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/irwin/nemesis.html | archive-date=2010-10-02 }}</ref> the goddess of divine retribution. Some depictions are of a single being, and some depictions are of multiple beings—in the plural, the name is '''Poenai''' ({{lang|grc|Ποιναί}}); the Poenai are akin to the [[Erinyes]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=poena-bio-1 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Poena] {{source-attribution}}</ref>

The Greek word ''{{Lang|grc|ποινή}}'' ({{lang|la|poinḗ}}) means "a recompense or a punishment". From this word is derived the [[Latin]] word  ''poena'' meaning "pain, punishment, penalty", which in turn gave rise to English words such as ''[[subpoena]]'' and ''pain''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=penal&allowed_in_frame=0 | title=Penal - Etymology | publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary | access-date=2013-04-08 | author=Harper, Douglas}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Poena.html LacusCurtius – Poena]
*[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0073%3Aalphabetic+letter%3Dp%3Aentry+group%3D13%3Aentry%3Dpoinh%2F Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary]
*[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69344 Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance]. By Hubert Joseph Treston, published in the United Kingdom, by Longmans, Green and Co., in 1923.

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