Ἅρπυιαι, (Ἀρεπ-on a vase from Aegina, Arch.Zeit. 40.197 , cf. EM 138.21 , and prob.ἀρέπυιαι ἀνηρέψαντοshd. be read in Od. ll. cc.;
A.
v. ἀνερείπομαι )αἱ,the Snatchers,a name used in Od. to personifywhirlwindsorhurricanes(so τυφῶσι καὶ ἁρπυίαις
Ph. 1.333
); ἅρπυιαι ἀνηρείψαντο
Od. 1.241
, 20.77 : acc. pl., Hes. Th. 267 ; πτηνά τ' Ἁρπυιῶν γένη
Anaxil. 22.5
, cf. A.R. 2.188 : rarely in sg., Euph. 113 : as pr. n.,Ἅρπυια Ποδάργη,mother of the horses of Achilles, Il. 16.150 ; also name of one of Actaeon's hounds, A. Fr. 245 ; cf.ἁρπυίας: ἁρπακτικοὺς κύνας,
Hsch.
2. asAdj., ἁ. σκύλακες
Inscr.Perg. 203
. (A quasi-participial form.)