See also:

• HARPIES (Gr. "Aplrvcar, older form 'Apiarucar, " swift robbers ")

HARPIES (Gr. "Aplrvcar, older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form 'Apiarucar, " See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift robbers ")  , in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the personification of the sweeping See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm-winds . In See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, where they appear indifferently under the name of iiplrvcat and OiaAAac, their See also:

• FUNCTION

function is to carry off those whose sudden disappearance is desired by the gods . Only one of them is there mentioned (Iliad, xvi . 150) by name, Podarge, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of the coursers of See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles by See also:

• ZEPHYRUS

Zephyrus, the generative See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . According to See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod (Theog . 265) they are two in number, Aello and Ocypete, daughters of Thaumas and See also:

• ELECTRA ('HMKTpa)

Electra, winged goddesses with beautiful locks, swifter than winds and birds in their See also:

• FLIGHT

flight, and their domain is the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . In later times their number was increased (Celaeno being a frequent addition and their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil), and they were described as hateful and repulsive creatures, birds with the faces of old See also:

• WOMEN

women, the ears of bears, crooked talons and See also:

• HANGING

hanging breasts; even in See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus (See also:

• EUMENIDES (from Gr. evµevtits, kindly; di, well, and jAvos, disposition)

Eumenides, 50) they appear as ugly and misshapen monsters . Their fuhction of snatching away mortals to the other See also:

• WORLD

world brings them into connexion with the See also:

• ERINYES (Lat. Furiae)

Erinyes, with whom they are often confounded . On the so-called See also:

• HARPY

Harpy See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument from See also:

• LYCIA

Lycia, now in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, the See also:

• HARPIES (Gr. "Aplrvcar, older form 'Apiarucar, " swift robbers ")

Harpies appear carrying off some small figures, supposed to be the daughters of Pandareus, unless they are intended to represent departed souls . The repulsive See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the Harpies is more especially seen in the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of See also:

• PHINEUS

Phineus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Salmydessus in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i . 9, 21; see also Diod . Sic. iv .

43) . Having been deprived of his sight by the gods for his See also:

• ILL

ill-treatment of his sons by his first wife (or for having revealed the future to mortals), he was condemned to be tormented by two Harpies, who carried off what-ever See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food was placed before him . On the arrival of the See also:

• ARGONAUTS ('Apyovavrat, the sailors of the "Argo ")

Argonauts, Phineus promised to give them particulars of the course they should pursue and of the dangers that See also:

• LAY

lay before them, if they would deliver him from his tormentors . Accordingly, when the Harpies appeared as usual to carry off the food from Phineus's table, they were driven off and pursued by See also:

• CALAIS

Calais and Zetes, the sons of See also:

• BOREAS

Boreas, as far as the Strophades islands in the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean . On promising to cease from molesting Phineus, their lives were spared . Their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode is variously placed in the Strophades, the entrance to the under-world, or a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave in See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete . According to See also:

• CECIL

Cecil See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiii . (1892–1893), the Harpies are the hostile See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of the scorching See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south wind; E . Rohde (Rheinisches Museum, i., 1895) regards them as spirits of the storm, which at the bidding of the gods carry off human beings alive to the under-world or some spot beyond human See also:

• KEN
• KEN, THOMAS (1637-1711)

ken . See articles in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie and Daremberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites . In the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

GREEK See also:

• ART

ART, fig . 14 gives a See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the winged Harpies .