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Ocypete

Ocypete[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Ὠκυπέτη means 'swift wing') was one of the three 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 Oceanid Electra.[1] Her harpy-sisters were Aello (Podarge) and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly Arke[2] and Hydaspes.[3] In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus, father of these monsters,[4] or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon, god of the sea.[5]

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 267; Apollodorus, 1.2.6; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 167
  2. ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 6; Photius, Bibliotheca 190
  3. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.351ff.
  4. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 4.425
  5. ^ Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 3.241

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