Harpy
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In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy is a half-human and half-bird mythical creature, often believed to be a personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.
A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642.
A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-man.
Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, by Gustave Doré, 1861.
Kylix Theseus Aison MNA Inv 11365 n 1
Typhon
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Typhon, also known as Typhoeus, Typhaon or Typhos, was a monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, Typhon was the son of Gaia and Tartarus.
Zeus aiming his thunderbolt at a winged and snake-footed Typhon. Chalcidian black-figured hydria (c. 540–530 BC), Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 596).
Depiction by Wenceslaus Hollar
The three-bodied daemon, perhaps Typhon. Acropolis Museum, Greece.
Tarhunna battles the serpent Illuyanka, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey.