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PRONUNCIATION OF HARPIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARPIES

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harpies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARPIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

harpies

Harpy

In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, a harpy were female monsters in the form of birds with human faces, together known as the Harpies. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers to the Erinyes. They seem originally to have been wind spirits. Their name means "snatchers". Homer wrote that a harpy was the mother of the two horses of Achilles sired by the West Wind Zephyros. Hesiod calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures, the daughters of Thaumas and Electra, who were sisters of the Iris. Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Harpies as ugly winged bird-women, e.g. in Aeschylus' The Eumenides are a late development. Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARPIES

haroset
harp
harp seal
Harper
Harper´s Ferry
harpin
harpings
harpins
harpist
harpoon
harpoon-like
harpooneer
harpooner
harpsichord
harpsichordist
harpy
harpy eagle
harpylike

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARPIES

canopies
copies
entropies
espies
floppies
guppies
hippies
jalopies
kelpies
nappies
occupies
philanthropies
photocopies
poppies
preppies
puppies
soapies
spies
therapies
weepies

Synonyms and antonyms of harpies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harpies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARPIES

Find out the translation of harpies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harpies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harpies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鹰身
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arpías
570 millions of speakers

English

harpies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

harpies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطماعون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гарпии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

harpias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হারপিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

harpies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harpies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Harpyien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーピー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하피
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Harep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Harpy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

harpies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हर्पीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

harpies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arpie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

harpie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гарпії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Harpies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Άρπυιες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grypvoëls
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

harpies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

harpies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harpies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARPIES»

The term «harpies» is normally little used and occupies the 112.919 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARPIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harpies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARPIES»

Discover the use of harpies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harpies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Searching for Harpies
Harpies has moved in on you. She's taken a big bite of your drug business and she's using your whores to sell coke.” He looked over my shoulder at her. “You're only halfright. You knowI don't do business inthe hard stuff. Coke ain't as big a ...
Charlie Vogel, 2012
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Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology
As punishment, Phineus was himself blinded, and the gods also sent the Harpies to make his life a misery. The monsters constantly snatched his food from his hands or spoiled it with their foul stench, so Phineus could never get enough to eat ...
C. Scott Littleton, 2005
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Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
Harpies Daughters of Electra (an Oceanid) and Thaumas (son of Gaia and Pontus). Sisters to Iris, herald to the Olympian gods. Classical sources are Apollodorus's Library (1.9.21), Apollonius of Rhodes's voyage of tHe argonauts ( 2.164–499), ...
Luke Roman, Monica Roman, 2010
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Greek and Egyptian Mythologies
Born of Thaumas, who was the son of Pontus and Gaea and was a god of the sea like Nereus and Phorcys, the Harpies are sisters of Iris, the rainbow messenger. The Harpies are kidnappers, as fast as the wind and as alarming as the tempest ...
Yves Bonnefoy, 1992
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Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z
In early stories, the Harpies were shown as beautiful winged women. They were said to appear suddenly and snatch up people and objects and were blamed for sudden disappearances. The Harpies served the great god Zeus, who wielded ...
Kathleen N. Daly, Marian Rengel, 2009
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The Poetry of Allusion: Virgil and Ovid in Dante's Commedia
While there is no consensus about the Harpies' meaning in Inferno 13, from the beginning of the Commedia's commentary tradition, interpretations of their significance have generally taken one of two tacks. ' The first sees the Harpies as  ...
Rachel Jacoff, Jeffrey Thompson Schnapp, 1991
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The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to ...
Harpies. Harpies are hideous creatures with the bodies of birds and the white faces of women who are pale with a hunger that can never be satisfied. Often called the "snatchers," they swoop down to grab the food of others with their curved ...
Brenda Rosen, 2009
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Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid
Besides adding the color of folklore to Aeneas' tour of the eastern Mediterranean, the Harpies offer a page from the Odyssey (the encounter with the Sirens, with which they have some affinities), recast in Hellenistic style: the Harpies from ...
Lee Fratantuono, 2007
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The Mythology Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Tales
The Harpies (snatchers) were so repulsive that even their own parents were revolted by them and kept them hidden in the deep caverns of the Underworld. With bronze talons, they were half-bird, half-woman, and were originally thought to ...
Sarah Bartlett, 2009
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The Argonautica of Apollonius
Harpies were traditionally depicted in literature and art either as winds or as birds .25 In Homer Spiruiai are gusts of wind which snatch mortals away, causing them to disappear without trace. Apollonius adopts the wind image for his Harpies ...
R. L. Hunter, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARPIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harpies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Farewell, America, Canada could learn a few things from you … - CBC
The comments-section harpies on foreign websites who screech and deplore and secrete bile at any mention of America are wrong; most don't ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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'God of War III Remastered' Reveals Game Enhancements From …
Gamers play as Kratos, defeating the enemies from the Greek mythology like harpies, gorgons, centaurs, and sirens. Developer Santa Monica ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
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Best New Anime You Need to Watch – Summer 2015 - Good e-Reader
MONSTER MUSUME EVERYDAY LIFE WITH MONSTER GIRLS – Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all ... «Good E-Reader, Jul 15»
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Greece again: Yes - Emre Gönen - Daily Sabah
... the tale of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras the Infelicitous fighting against three bloodthirsty harpies would have made a great classic. «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
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Levi Koenig, A Contemporary King Lear
His portrayal of Lear's two older daughters as malevolent harpies and the youngest as a misunderstood angel goes against the feminist grain. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Excavation reveals bizarre Celtic burial with hybrid-animal bone …
The burials of hybrid animal bones at the site recall myths from the Mediterranean and Near East about bird-woman harpies, goat-lion chimeras ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
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AP PHOTOS: Women's roller derby catches on in Italy
They've just wrapped up their national championship in Bolzano, northern Italy, which saw Milan team The Harpies beat the She Wolves before ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
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REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK: Terminator Genisys is mankind's worst …
The trains on the Green Line screech like Greek harpies. They're about the fucking loudest, most obnoxious things ever made by man. «The MIT Tech, Jul 15»
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Rare Harpy Eagle Chick Photographed in Peruvian Amazon
The birds are named for harpies, the predatory “frightful, flying creatures with hooked beak and claws” of Greek mythology, according to the San ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
10
How to Stop Some Feminist Whining
After that dawned on me, something else started creeping out of the recesses of my subconscious – not only did these harpies fail to act to ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Harpies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/harpies>. Apr 2024 ».
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