Harpies
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia,[1][2] pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia[citation ^needed]) is a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.[3]
Harpies were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands.
Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness.[4]
Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Ovid described them as human-vultures.[5]