Heather Cox Richardson

In the individualist ideology, a man is responsible for his wife and children. This relegates women to domestic roles as wives and mothers protected by their menfolk, or silences them as special interest harpies demanding government benefits that will destroy individualist men.

American Historian

Used mainly in discussions about ancient Greek and Roman texts or stories.

Ancient Mythology

Refers to mythical harpies as malicious; symbolizes unavoidable misfortune or punishment.

Negative Connotation

Often appears in literature as a metaphor for someone bringing ruin or stealing joy.

Literary Device

Extremely offensive when used to describe a woman; implies she's irritating or mean.

Very Disparaging

Can evoke strong emotions; use with care to avoid hurting feelings.

Emotional Impact

Used in informal language; inappropriate in formal contexts.

Colloquial Use

 to funding from Geographic we got the harpy eagle they crest when they're nervous or agitated angry this one would never crest yes we were too sweet he tried to photograph he's the only one in the world that is trained to ride on the fist and so he's with a keeper all time

Every Animal Deserves a...

 They become one with the trees. And we think that their movements are so slow, they slip under the radar of the monstrous harpy as it's flying about the canopy, scanning for action. Sloths are stealth ninjas, and they rarely leave the safety of the canopy --

Sloths! The strange life...

 until stopping at the sight of an old man surrounded by a swirl of harpies. This was Phineas, a seer cursed by Zeus to endure old age, blindness, and endless torture for giving away his prophecies. Moved by his plight, the wind brothers set upon the flock,

The myth of Jason and...

 we've got our view of the harpy eagle this is something I honestly never thought I'd ever get a chance to see the most powerful one of the largest birds in the whole world and also one of the rarest people spend their whole lives in

Harpy

Ancient Mythology

Negative Connotation

Literary Device

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