Impudent Harpy

The Impudent Harpy is a mythological creature of Ancient Greece that has allied with Circe's Loyalist Forces in conquering the Gotham Under Siege warfront.

Heroes

 * Impudent Harpies are encountered by New Heroes during.

Associated Equipment

 * Harpy's Plumed Helm
 * Harpy Nest

Trivia

 * Harpies were known as the "Hounds of Zeus", they were dispatched by the God to snatch away people and things from the Earth; sudden and mysterious disappearances were often attributed to them. They were often employed as agents of punishment; they would carry evildoers to the Furies, they abducted people and tortured them on their way to Hades' domain and were further employed by the God as instruments for the punishment of the guilty.
 * In a tale involving the Harpies; when Zeus gave the gift of prophecy to King Phineus of Thrace, Phineus used this gift against the gods, uncovering their secret plans and was thus punished by an angry Zeus, sentenced to an island, blind and with a buffet of food he could not eat because the Harpies would steal all the food before he was able to indulge and satisfy his hunger. Years later Phineus was rescued by his fate by Jason and the Argonauts, and the winged Boreades brothers Calais and Zetes drove the Harpies away. The goddess Iris commanded that they turn back and not harm the wind-spirits thus the Harpies escaped to their cave in Minoan Crete, leaving their past residence of the islands called Strophades.
 * Another story occurs where, according to the story of the daughters of Pandareus, the Gods killed King Pandareus and his wife, after the King stole a bronze dog from Zeus. His daughters Cleodora and Merope were spared and raised by several of the Greek goddesses on Mount Olympus, particularly Aphrodite. When the girls reached an age to be married off, Aphrodite went to seek permission from Zeus for the marriages and while she was gone the Harpies came and took the daughters to become servants of the Furies.