Upper left corder of painting depicts the Eumenide Goddess Alekto hovering above and next to the painting's central oath breaking shade. The Eumenides are also know as the 'Erinye' or 'Furies' (Roman),

Upon saving the hero Orestes from the Eumenides, the god Apollo became bound by his word to provide his ravens as messengers of wrong doings to the Eumenides who then communicate those sins for punishment

Close-up of Alekto's profile in upper left corner of painting.

Detail of shade with hand on head as he's being tormented by multiple Eumenides

Bottom left Eumenide details how the shade, when living, broke his word with the gods, which gods, and how no atonement on earth could have washed away the sin or its punishment.

Hand of the disciplining Eumenides

Central oath breaker bent over with the eternal burden of his broken word

Close-up of central shade's hand

Oathbreaker shade weeps over the eternal consequences for breaking his word with the gods

The Eumenide goddess Tisiphone pushes the shades arm away from supporting his eternally weary head.

The lead raven croaks and caws the sins of each shade

Eumenide beckons shade further down into the flames of purification

Eumenide ascends to snare new coming shades as they pass to eternity

Detail of ascending Eumenide

Megaera, the Eumenide Goddess of Endless Rage, waits for a Raven to land in in left hand to inform her of a shade's damning deeds.

Close-up of Megaera's portrait

Foot of an unknown Eumenide forces down a shade deeper towards the fires of purification

Hand detail of two Eumenides

Hand close-up of ascending Eumenide

Size/scale of painting in natural environment