~ * IN THE DEEP OF TARTARUS ~ * by luciferino

Poser • Gothic • posted on Aug 28, 2005

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Harpy In Greek mythology, the Harpies ("snatchers") were beautiful winged women best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas before he could eat any of it, enforcing a punishment declared by Zeus. This led them into conflict with the Argonauts. In later traditions they were transformed into winged hags with sharp bird-talons, which is how they are popularly known. Mythology The Harpies were sisters of Iris, daughters of Electra and Thaumas. Hesiod (Theogony) calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures. Phineas, a king of Thrace, had the gift of prophesy. Zeus, angry that Phineas revealed too much, punished him by putting him on an island with a buffet of food which he could never eat. The Harpies always arrived and stole the food out of his hands right before he could satisfy his hunger. This continued until the arrival of Jason and the Argonauts. The Boreads, who also could fly, succeeded in driving the Harpies away but did not kill them, as a request from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the Harpies again. Thankful for their help, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades. (Ovid XIII, 710; Virgil III, 211, 245).The basic version of this myth, as it was retold, added details not found in earlier versions: namely, that the Harpies did not just take the food away but befouled it so it was inedible. They were soon thought as as spreaders of filth and disease, gaining their more famous monstrous appearance as well.In this form they were agents of punishment who abducted people and tortured them on their way to Tartarus. They were vicious, cruel and violent. They lived on Strophades. They were usually seen as the personifications of the destructive nature of wind. The Harpies in this tradition, now thought of as three sisters instead of the original two, were: Aello ("storm swift"), Celaeno ("the dark")

Comments (58)

The_Sandman

2:23PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Very Cool!! M

TANZA

2:25PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

This looks so different to the prieviw i saw it is almost a different image Excellent work

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liewald

2:26PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Amazing work Ori :)

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anitalee

2:30PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Excellent work, very cool

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Primal

2:31PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

WOW!This is so cool Ori!You are an amazing Talent!

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msebonyluv

2:33PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Excellent work Ori!!

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Risika75

2:34PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Excellent hair and lighting. Wicked character, I have to go check that out. Fantastic scene!

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arwenone

2:35PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

A very cool render and wonderful colortones!!!Excellent work :)

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2:40PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

WOW Ori this looks freaking fantastic ... absolutely love it .. cool idea, Excellent! :) TVB

dayna2

4:06PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Excellent fantatic work V!

Kinouk

4:06PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

OMG!!!! Very, very cool!!! Excellent work of art!! V tonz and tonz of hugz

elcana

4:08PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Gorgeous work!! Love ligthing and color tones. The character is so stunning!!

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nirvy

4:13PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Extraordinary!!!!! marvellous! Bacioni & V!!!!

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Sylvia

4:15PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Wow!! ~Superb~ Both, scene & story... Fantastic creation!! EXCELLENT as usual!!

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ericfarris

4:19PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

MAGNIFIC, she would go well with my Dragon Queen (lol) - All is excellent, beautiful atmosphere with these green tones - EXCELLENT WORK!!!!

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angelbearzs

4:19PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

i love your image

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DRAKELOT

4:23PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

!!! EXCELLENT WORK !!!

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HHDrache

4:25PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

fantastic image. excellen work

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Eroticartist

4:46PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Love the textures on the character! Excellent work!

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Ecstasy

4:48PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

thats just breathtaking Ori!! Awesome work sweety!!

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antje

5:18PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Excellent, Ori!! :o)

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Latexluv

5:43PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GRiMAge

6:29PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Whoa!! How wicked!! One of my (countless...) WIPs was about harpies. I'm gonna trash it now that i've seen this! LOL! You did an awesome work with this character - for sure she would instill fear in me! ^_^ Absolutely beautiful - i really like how she turned out!! I only see a small flaw - the claws in her foot are slighly clipping with the floor! Anyway, despite this, a most excellent artwork!

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Elfenone

6:33PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

That is the most fabulous character I've seen in a long long time! Puts what I was going to present as harpies to shame! Not as a product..just an image.. I think I'll nevermind that project LOL This is TOO amazing!

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SophiaDeer

6:53PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Beautiful Ori! This has such a sense of power to it. Very well done!

thirdeyeching

7:17PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

EVIL!! COOL!!!

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squeeka

8:04PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

Awesome Ori!! Excellently done and I love that character!!

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Rhiannon

8:46PM | Sun, 28 August 2005

WOW, what a very cool image, the setting looks awesome and is perfect for that fabulous character too ... superb work Ori, as always! BIG HUGS :-)

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