These beings, whose members included Podarges, Aello, Ocypete, and Celaeno, were sent by Zeus to torment a figure with too much prophetic power, which they did by snatching and befouling his food before he finished eating.
One of these daughters of Thaumas and Electra gave birth to the immortal horses Bailus and Xanthus after sleeping with Zephyrus. They were driven to the Strophades by Calais and Zetes, who spared them because of pleas made by their sister Iris. These beings, whose members included Podarges, Aello, Ocypete, and Celaeno, were sent by Zeus to torment a figure with too much prophetic power, which they did by snatching and befouling his food before he finished eating. The Argonauts learned the location of the Sympaglades after freeing King Phineus from, for 10 points, what half women, half birds from Greek myth?
One of these daughters of Thaumas and Electra gave birth to the immortal horses Bailus and Xanthus after sleeping with Zephyrus.
{harpies} [or {harpyiae}]