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The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides
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The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides is a pencil, ink and watercolour on paper artwork by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake (1757–1827). It was completed between 1824 and 1827 and illustrates a passage from the Inferno of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321).
The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides, c. 1824–1827. William Blake, Tate. 372×527 mm.
The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides, c. 1824–1827. William Blake, Tate. 372×527 mm.
Harpies in the Forest of Suicides, an 1861 engraving by Gustave Doré, illustrates the same canto of the Inferno.
Harpies in the Forest of Suicides, an 1861 engraving by Gustave Doré, illustrates the same canto of the Inferno.
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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
Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11–12th century CE, Termez, Uzbekistan
A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642.
A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642.
A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.
A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.
Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, by Gustave Doré, 1861.
Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, by Gustave Doré, 1861.