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| {{short description|One of the Harpies in Greek mythology}} | {{short description|One of the Harpies in Greek mythology}} |
| '''Ocypete'''{{pronunciation needed}} ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ὠκυπέτη means 'swift wing') was one of the three [[Harpy|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 (Oceanid)|Electra]]. | '''Ocypete'''{{pronunciation needed}} ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ὠκυπέτη means 'swift wing') was one of the three [[Harpy|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 (Oceanid)|Electra]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hoppe...g=original:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Ocypetes 267]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hoppe...999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=ocypete 1.2.6]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#165 167]</ref> |
| == Mythology == | == Mythology == |
| According to one story, the Harpies were chased by the [[Boreads]]. Though the swiftest of the trio, Ocypete became exhausted, landed on an island in the middle of the ocean and begged for mercy from the gods. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Harpies were creatures employed by the higher gods to carry out punishments for crimes. | According to one story, the Harpies were chased by the [[Boreads]]. Though the swiftest of the trio, Ocypete became exhausted, landed on an island in the middle of the ocean and begged for mercy from the gods. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Harpies were creatures employed by the higher gods to carry out punishments for crimes. |
| == Notes == | |
| == References == | == References == |
| * [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. | |
| * [[H. J. Rose]] (1985). ''A Handbook of Greek Mythology''. University Paperback, 1964. | * [[H. J. Rose]] (1985). ''A Handbook of Greek Mythology''. University Paperback, 1964. |
| *Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books]. | *Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books]. |
| *[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0130:card=1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website]. | |
| *[[Scholia]] to [[Lycophron|Lycophron's]] ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [[iarchive:lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up|Greek text available on Archive.org]] | |
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| [[Category:Characters in Greek mythology]] | [[Category:Characters in Greek mythology]] |
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