person
Phineus
The blind seer whose food was forever fouled and snatched by the Harpies, here his greedy bird.
Reading notes
- Hercules (Mad) §765 the greedy bird of Phineus
The Harpies that fouled and snatched the food of the blind seer Phineus.
- Thyestes §122 birds of Phineus
The Harpies that snatched food from the blind seer Phineus; proverbially elusive.