In one story, these creatures tormented King Phineus by stealing his food and defecating on his plate.
One of these entities bore with the god Zephyrus the steeds Xanthus and Bailus, which were the mounts of Achilles. In one story, these creatures tormented King Phineus by stealing his food and defecating on his plate. Their chief employer was Hades, who used them to drag people who were unwilling to die into Tartarus, and in Dante's Inferno, they torture the suicides by gnawing on the trees they have turned into. Name these daughters of Iris, bird women with disfigured faces.
One of these entities bore with the god Zephyrus the steeds Xanthus and Bailus, which were the mounts of Achilles.
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