Harpies

Vicious winged beings in classical mythology, often depicted as birds with women's faces. In the story of Jason, they steal or spoil an old blind man's food, leaving a terrible odor behind them.

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We encounter it first in Homer’s “Iliad” and then again in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” where it appears at the doors of Hades alongside Gorgons, centaurs and Harpies.

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She joins Facebook groups like “Hardcore Hags, Harridans and Harpies” — “a resistance group for women over 50.”

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Although the Argonauts had sailed east from Greece and Aeneas’ company were westward bound from Crete, the Trojans came upon the Harpies just as Jason and his men had done.

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The images of Chiron the centaur and his pupil Odysseus, or the purposeful winged Harpies, are burned into me.

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The Greek hero sails through Harpies and clashing rocks to the Golden Fleece, guarded by the Hydra.

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