sentences:  Once their homeland Aonia at the base of Mt.Helicon was struck by a plague, and the oracle of Apollo Gortynius, when consulted, ordered the inhabitants to propitiate the two Erinnyes by the sacrifice of two maidens, who were to offer themselves to death of their own accord.Menippe and Metioche offered themselves; they thrice invoked the infernal gods, and killed themselves with their shuttles.