god
the Harpies
Harpies
also: Harpyiae
Rapacious bird-women of myth who snatched and fouled food; the image for the insatiable glutton's appetite.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.2 grasping Harpies
The Harpies, snatching bird-women of myth who seized and befouled food; here the image of an insatiable, greedy gullet.