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The harpies possibly were siblings of the river-god Hydaspes [22] and Arke, [23] as they were called sisters of Iris and children of Thaumas. According to Valerius , Typhoeus ( Typhon ) was said to be the father of these monsters [ 16 ] while a different version by Servius told that the harpies were daughters of Pontus and Gaea or of Poseidon .
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One of two known Phoenician Harpocrates statues. Harpocrates (Ancient Greek: Ἁρποκράτης, Phoenician: 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤊𐤓𐤈, [1] romanized: ḥrpkrṭ, Coptic: ϩⲁⲣⲡⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ harpokratēs) is the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria (and also an embodiment of hope, according to Plutarch).
According to one story, the Harpies were chased by the Boreads. Though the swiftest of the trio, Ocypete became exhausted, landed on an island in the middle of the ocean and begged for mercy from the gods. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Harpies were creatures employed by the higher gods to carry out punishments for crimes.
Articles relating to Harpies, a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds in Greek mythology. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Harpies, bird-women in Greek mythology associated with storm winds and known for terrorizing mortals. [12] [13] The gods Horus and Thoth from ancient Egyptian mythology were often depicted as humans with the heads of a falcon [14] and an ibis, [15] respectively.
The organizers behind the Paris Olympics apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" during Friday's opening ceremony and provoked outrage ...
According to Hesiod, Thaumas's wife was Electra (one of the Oceanids, the many daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys), by whom he fathered Iris (the messenger of the gods), Arke (formerly the messenger of the Titans), and the Harpies. [2] The names of Thaumas's Harpy daughters vary. Hesiod and Apollodorus name them: Aello and Ocypete.