harpies

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• Harpies — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Harpie. portrait d Harpies Dans la mythologie grecque ou romaine, les Harpies ou Harpyes (en grec ancien , Hárpuiai …   Wikipédia en Français

• Harpies — Harpy Har py (h[aum]r p[y^]), n.; pl. {Harpies} ( p[i^]z). [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr. a rpyia, from the root of arpa zein to snatch, to seize. Cf. {Rapacious}.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Harpies —    From Greek mythology, these three ugly creatures have the head of an old woman, the body of a bird (whose feathers could not be pierced), large claws and they stink. They are also always hungry. The gods sometimes used them to punish criminals …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Harpies and Quines — was a feminist magazine founded by Lesley Riddoch and published in Scotland between 1992 and 1994. It was unsuccessfully sued by Harpers and Queen before being declared bankrupt.ReferencesEsther Breitenbach, Alice Brown, Fiona Myers (1998),… …   Wikipedia

• HARPIES —    fabulous ravenous creatures, living in filth and defiling everything they touch, with the head and breast of a woman, the wings and claws of a bird, and a face pale with hunger, the personification of whirlwinds and storms, conceived of as… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Harpies — har·py || hÉ‘rpɪ / hɑːp n. mythological monster with the head of a woman and the body of a bird …   English contemporary dictionary

• harpies — sharpie …   Anagrams dictionary

• harpies — plural of harpy …   Useful english dictionary

• Les Harpies — Harpies Pour les articles homonymes, voir Harpie. portrait d Harpies Dans la mythologie grecque ou romaine, les Harpies ou Harpyes …   Wikipédia en Français

• Madone Des Harpies — (Andrea del Sarto) Madone des Harpies Andrea del Sarto, 1517 huile sur bois 178 × 207 cm Galerie des Offices …   Wikipédia en Français

• Madone des Harpies — (Andrea del Sarto) Madone des Harpies Andrea del Sarto, 1517 huile sur bois 178 × 207 cm Galerie des Offices …   Wikipédia en Français