In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy is a half-human and half-bird, often believed to be a personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.
Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11–12th century CE, Termez, Uzbekistan
A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642.
A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.
Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, by Gustave Doré, 1861.
In Greek mythology, Phineus or Phineas, was a king of Salmydessus in Thrace and seer, who appears in accounts of the Argonauts' voyage. Some accounts make him a king in Paphlagonia or in Arcadia.
Phineus with the Boreads.