Ser una harpía

TO BE A HARPY

Name: The Persecution of the Harpies
Author: Peter Paul Rubens
Date: 1636-1637
Medium: Oil on panel
Location: Prado Museum

MYTHOLOGY


A harpy is a nasty and horrible being, partly woman and partly vulture.

The bottom half of the body and the wings are vulture-like, the chest and the face are women-like. Their hair is thick, hard and matted, as a mop, and they have rotten teeth. They do not usually wear clothes and always stink. They become so dirty by infecting others with their claws.

Their loud speech is annoying. But, they can sing lovely, a magic singing. Whoever listens to their song is bewitched.

They like to disturb other creatures and animals, but they are coward, above all if they are alone. They usually escape easily from their enemies. They are able to track their enemies for a long distance.
Name: The Persecution of the Harpies
(The Harpies prosecuted by Gethes and Calays)
Author: Erasmus Quellinus II
Date: 1630
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Prado Museum



Their homes are deep and dirty caves where they store their treasures. The cave hosts are ten harpies. 



Name: Aeneas and his Companions Fighting the Harpies
Author: François Perrier
Date: 1646-1647
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Louvre Museum



Name: Harpy
Medium: Statuette. Detail of a Fountain.
Location:  Fountain of the Boy with a Thorn,
 Island Garden, Aranjuez, Spain.


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