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Cosa (chi) è harpie - definizione

HALF-HUMAN AND HALF-BIRD PERSONIFICATION OF STORM WINDS FROM GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY GENERALLY DEPICTED AS BIRDS WITH THE HEADS OF MAIDENS
Harpies; Harpy (Greek mythology); Harpie; Harpyiai; Okypode; Acholoe; Άρπυια; Harpys; Bird Monster; Bird monster; Jungfrauenadler; Harpier; Harpuiai
  • Greater coat of arms of the city of [[Nuremberg]]
  • Harpies in the infernal wood, from ''Inferno'' XIII, by [[Gustave Doré]], 1861.
  • A harpy in [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]]'s ''Monstrorum Historia'', Bologna, 1642.
  • A [[medieval]] depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.
  • Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11–12th century CE, [[Termez]], Uzbekistan

HMS Harpy (1777)         
  • French Navy Ensign (1790-1794)
1777 SLOOP
HMS Harpy was launched at Liverpool in 1777, the British Royal Navy having purchased her on the stocks. The Navy sold her in 1783.
harpy         
¦ noun (plural harpies)
1. Greek & Roman Mythology a rapacious monster usually depicted with a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws.
2. a grasping or unpleasant woman.
Origin
ME: from L. harpyia, from Gk harpuiai 'snatchers'.
harpy         
(harpies)
1.
In classical mythology, the harpies were creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They flew quickly and were cruel and greedy.
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2.
If you refer to a woman as a harpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent. (LITERARY)
...a snobby, scheming harpy who sells off the family silverware.
N-COUNT [disapproval]

Wikipedia

Harpy

In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia) is a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.

Esempi dal corpus di testo per harpie
1. Yours faithfully, Enid Harpie Junior typing pool assistant (work experience) Dear Ms Harpie, What happened to Angus McGrumpy?
2. Yours faithfully, Enid Harpie Dear Gordon, Sorry to hear about the trouble with Hain.
3. Yours faithfully, Enid Harpie Dear Gordon, I‘ve got so much money coming in that I‘m considering becoming a nondom.
4. Yours faithfully, Enid Harpie Dear Gordon, I read in the Wall Street Journal that you missed the signing ceremony for the EU constitution.
5. Friends say she is determined to finally eradicate the perception of her as a controlling harpie who split up The Beatles and ruined Lennon.