άρπυια - definizione. Che cos'è άρπυια
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Cosa (chi) è άρπυια - 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

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.
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft the N
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]
Harpies         
·pl of Harpy.

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.