Harpies

Harpies in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, a harpy ("snatcher", from Latin: harpeia, originating in Greek: ἅρπυια, harpūia) was one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas. The literal meaning of the word seems to be "that which snatches" as it comes from the ancient Greek word harpazein (ἁρπάζειν), which means "to snatch". A h...

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Harpyiae in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἅρπυιαι), that is, "the swift robbers," are, in the Homeric poems, nothing but personified storm winds. (Od. 20.66, 77.) Homer mentions only one by name, viz. Podarge, who was married to Zephyrus, and gave birth to the two horses of Achilles, Xanthus and Balius. (Il. 16.149, &c.) When a person suddenly disappeared from the earth, it was ...

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