Editing Ocypete

{{short description|One of the Harpies in Greek mythology}}
'''Ocypete'''{{pronunciation needed|date=November 2024}} ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ὠκυπέτη means 'swift wing') was one of the three [[Harpy|Harpies]] in [[Greek mythology]]. She was also known as '''Ocypode''' (Ὠκυπόδη means "swift foot") or '''Ocythoe''' (Ὠκυθόη means "swift runner"). The Harpies were the daughters of the sea god [[Thaumas]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[Electra (Oceanid)|Electra]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.%20Th.%20265&lang=original:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Ocypetes 267]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=ocypete 1.2.6]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#165 167]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} Her harpy-sisters were [[Aello]] ([[Podarge]]) and [[Celaeno]], whereas other mentioned siblings were [[Iris (mythology)|Iris]], and possibly [[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> and [[Hydaspes (mythology)|Hydaspes]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/529#26.351 26.351ff.]</ref> In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of [[Typhon|Typhoeus]], father of these monsters,<ref name=":02">[[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]], 4.425</ref> or of [[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]] (Sea) and [[Gaia|Gaea]] (Earth) or of [[Poseidon]], god of the sea.<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], Commentary on Virgil's ''Aeneid'' [https://topostext.org/work/548#3.241 3.241]</ref>

== Mythology ==
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.

== Notes ==

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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
* Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[H. J. Rose]] (1985). ''A Handbook of Greek Mythology''. University Paperback, 1964.
*Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books].
*[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Servius (grammarian)|Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Scholia]] to [[Lycophron|Lycophron's]] ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [[iarchive:lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up|Greek text available on Archive.org]]

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