Editing Harpy (section)

==Names and family==
[[Hesiod]] calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures, the daughters of [[Thaumas]] and the [[Oceanid]] [[Electra (Oceanid)|Electra]] and sisters of [[Iris (mythology)|Iris]].<ref name=":1">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 265–267; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#165 167]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], however, cited a certain Ozomene<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.3 14]</ref> as the mother of the harpies but he also recounted that Electra was also the mother of these beings in the same source. This can be explained by the fact that Ozomene was another name for Electra. The harpies possibly were siblings of the river-god [[Hydaspes (mythology)|Hydaspes]]<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/529#26.351 26.351ff.]</ref> and [[Arke]],<ref>[[Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'' 6; [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], ''Bibliotheca'' [https://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=237#190.46 190]</ref> as they were called sisters of Iris and children of Thaumas. According to [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius]], Typhoeus ([[Typhon]]) was said to be the father of these monsters<ref name=":0" /> while a different version by [[Servius the Grammarian|Servius]] told that the harpies were daughters of [[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]] and [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaea]] or of [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], Commentary on Virgil's ''Aeneid'' [https://topostext.org/work/548#3.241 3.241]</ref>

They were named [[Aello]] ("storm swift") and [[Ocypete]] ("the swift wing"),<ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' 265; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.121–123</ref> and [[Virgil]] added [[Celaeno]] ("the dark") as a third.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 3.209</ref><ref>Three sources —[[Servius (grammarian)|Servius]] ad Virgil, ''Aeneid'' [https://topostext.org/work/548#3.209 3.209]'';'' Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#165 167] and Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.3 14] listed all three as the names of the Harpies</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} [[Homer]] knew of a harpy named Podarge ("fleet-foot").<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 16.148</ref> Aello is sometimes also spelled Aellopus or Nicothoe; Ocypete is sometimes also spelled Ocythoe or Ocypode.

Homer called the harpy [[Podarge]] as the mother of the two horses ([[Balius and Xanthus]]) of [[Achilles]] sired by the West Wind [[Zephyrus]]<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 16.150; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 3.743 ff.</ref> while according to [[Nonnus]], Xanthus and Podarkes, horses of the Athenian king [[Erechtheus]], were born to Aello and the North Wind [[Boreas (god)|Boreas]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 37.155</ref> Other progeny of Podarge were Phlogeus and Harpagos, horses given by [[Hermes]] to the [[Castor and Pollux|Dioscuri]], who competed for the chariot-race in celebration of the funeral games of [[Pelias]].<ref>[[Stesichorus]], fr. 178</ref> The swift horse [[Arion (mythology)|Arion]] was also said to begotten by loud-piping Zephyrus on a harpy (probably Podarge), as attested by [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4.569 ff.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Names and family of harpies according to various sources
|-
! Name and relation
! Hesiod
! Homer
! Stesichorus
! Virgil
! Valerius 
! Apollodorus
! Hyginus
! Nonnus
! Quintus
! Servius
!
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| ''Parents''
| Thaumas and Electra
| ''not stated''
| ''not stated''
| ''not stated''
| Typhoeus
| Thaumas and Electra
| Thaumas and Electra or Ozomene
| ''not stated''
| ''not stated''
| Pontus and Gaea or Poseidon
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |''Names''
| Aello
| Podarge
| Podarge
|
| rowspan="3" | ''not stated''
| Aello or Nicothoe
| Aellopus or Podarce
| Aellopos
| Podarge
| rowspan="3" | ''not stated''
|
|-
|Ocypete
|
|
|
|Ocypete, Ocythoe or Ocypode
|Ocypete
| –
|
|
|-
|
|
|
| Celaeno
|
| Celaeno
|
|
|
|-
| ''Mate''
| –
| Zephyrus
| ''not stated''
| –
| –
| –
| –
| Boreas
| Zephyrus
| –
|
|-
| ''Progeny''
| –
| Balius and Xanthus
| Phlogeus and Harpagos
| –
| –
| –
| –
| Xanthus and Podarkes
| Balius and Xanthus; Arion
| –
|
|}