Ἅρπυιαι

Ἅρπυιαι, (Ἀρεπ- on a vase from Aegina, Arch.Zeit. 40.197, cf. EM 138.21, and prob. ἀρέπυιαι ἀνηρέψαντο shd. be read in Od. ll. cc.; v. ἀνερείπομαι) αἱ,

• the Snatchers, a name used in Od. to personify whirlwinds or hurricanes (so τυφῶσι καὶ ἁρπυίαις Ph. 1.333); ἅρπυιαι ἀνηρείψαντο Od. 1.241, 20.77: acc. pl., Hes. Th. 267; πτηνά τʼ Ἁρπυιῶν γένη Anaxil. 22.5, cf. A.R. 2.188: rarely in sg., Euph. 113: as pr. n., Ἅρπυια Ποδάργη, mother of the horses of Achilles, Il. 16.150; also name of one of Actaeonʼs hounds, A. Fr. 245; cf. ἁρπυίας· ἁρπακτικοὺς κύνας, Hsch.
• • • 2 as Adj., ἁ. σκύλακες Inscr.Perg. 203. (A quasi-participial form.)

Ἅρπυιαι, αἱ, die Raubenden, Töchter des Thaumas u. der Electra, Sturmgöttinnen, Od. 1.241, 20.77, Hes. Th. 267, Apd. 1.2.6, 9.21, Theogn. 715, Ap.Rh. 2.188, u. A. Als strafende, schnelle Botinnen des Zeus heißen sie Ap.Rh. 2.289 u. Hesych. Διὸς κύνες.

Ἅρπυιαι ἁρπάζω

• the snatchers, a personification of whirlwinds or hurricanes, Od. The Harpies, as described by Virgil, belong to later mythology.