In Greek mythology, Aello ( /eɪˈɛloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἀελλώ, Aellō means "storm" or "storm-swift" in ancient Greek) was one of the Harpy sisters who would abduct people and torture them on their way to Tartarus. [1]
Aello was also referred to as:
As one of the Harpies, Aello was the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra [6] (also called Ozomene [7]). Her harpy-sisters were Ocypete and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly Arke [8] and Hydaspes. [9] In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus, father of these monsters, [10] or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon, god of the sea. [11]
Aello was claimed to be the mother of Achilles's immortal steeds Balius and Xanthus by Zephyrus [12] but some sources claimed it was really her sister Celaeno.
Homer's Iliad | Quintus' Posthomerica |
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"Xanthus and Balius, that flew swift as the winds,
horses that the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind [i.e. Zephyrus], as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus." [13] |
"From wretched men, over the Ocean's streams,
Over the Sea-queen's caverns, unto where Divine Podarge bare that storm-foot twain [i.e. Xanthus and Balius] Begotten of the West-wind [i.e. Zephyros] clarion-voiced" [14] |
According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Aello was the harpy who was encountered by Aeneas' company in their wanderings after the fall of Troy:
"Wintry seas then tossed the heroic band, and in a treacherous harbor of those isles, called Strophades, Aello frightened them." [15]
Aello was also the name of one of Actaeon's dogs who destroyed their master when he was changed into a stag by the goddess of hunt, Artemis. [16]
In Greek mythology, Aello ( /eɪˈɛloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἀελλώ, Aellō means "storm" or "storm-swift" in ancient Greek) was one of the Harpy sisters who would abduct people and torture them on their way to Tartarus. [1]
Aello was also referred to as:
As one of the Harpies, Aello was the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra [6] (also called Ozomene [7]). Her harpy-sisters were Ocypete and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly Arke [8] and Hydaspes. [9] In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus, father of these monsters, [10] or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon, god of the sea. [11]
Aello was claimed to be the mother of Achilles's immortal steeds Balius and Xanthus by Zephyrus [12] but some sources claimed it was really her sister Celaeno.
Homer's Iliad | Quintus' Posthomerica |
---|---|
"Xanthus and Balius, that flew swift as the winds,
horses that the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind [i.e. Zephyrus], as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus." [13] |
"From wretched men, over the Ocean's streams,
Over the Sea-queen's caverns, unto where Divine Podarge bare that storm-foot twain [i.e. Xanthus and Balius] Begotten of the West-wind [i.e. Zephyros] clarion-voiced" [14] |
According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Aello was the harpy who was encountered by Aeneas' company in their wanderings after the fall of Troy:
"Wintry seas then tossed the heroic band, and in a treacherous harbor of those isles, called Strophades, Aello frightened them." [15]
Aello was also the name of one of Actaeon's dogs who destroyed their master when he was changed into a stag by the goddess of hunt, Artemis. [16]