Podarge, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Greek mythology, Podarge (English translation: "fleet-foot") referred to several different beings. One of the Harpies is named Podarge (also known as "Celaeno") and, due to her union with Zephyrus, the god of the West Wind, was the mother of Balius and Xanthus, the horses of Achilles. The rainbow / messenger goddess Iris (sister of the Harpies) is sometimes also referred to as Podarge. Podarge was Priam's birth name. He changed it after buying his life from Heracles with a golden veil embroidered by his sister, Hesione. Priam means "ransomed". In Greek mythology, a harpy ("food snatcher", from Latin: harpeia, originating in Greek: , harpia) was one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas. The literal meaning of the word seems to be "that which snatches" as it comes from the ancient Greek word harpazein (), which means "to snatch".