Bird-women on the Harpy Monument from Xanthos, Lycia: sirens or harpies
The initial identification of the bird-women on the Harpy Monument as the eponymous 'harpies' has long been superseded by the identification of the creatures as sirens. The small figures they are shown carrying have often been seen as eidola or souls of the deceased. This in turn has led...
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Archaeopress
2008
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