Harpy

Mythology	Greek
Grouping	Legendary creature
Sub-grouping	Hybrid
Similar creatures	Siren, sphinx, centaur

In Greek mythology, a harpy ("snatcher", from Latin: harpeia, originating in Greek: ἅρπυια, harpūia) was one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineus. The literal meaning of the word seems to be "that which snatches" as it comes from the ancient Greek word harpazein (ἁρπάζειν), which means "to snatch".

A harpy was the mother by the West Wind Zephyros of the horses of Achilles.^[1]

Hesiod^[2] calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures, and pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Harpies as ugly winged bird-women, e.g. in Aeschylus' The Eumenides (line 50) are a late development, due to a confusion with the Sirens. Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness.^[3]

Mythology[link]

A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642

A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.

The harpies were sisters of Iris, daughters of Thaumas and Electra.^[4]

Phineus, a king of Thrace, had the gift of prophecy. Zeus, angry that Phineas revealed too much, punished him by blinding him and putting him on an island with a buffet of food which he could never eat. The harpies always arrived and stole the food out of his hands before he could satisfy his hunger, and befouled the remains of his food. This continued until the arrival of Jason and the Argonauts. The Boreads, sons of Boreas, the North Wind, who also could fly, succeeded in driving off the harpies, but without killing any of them, following a request from Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again, and "the dogs of great Zeus" returned to their "cave in Minoan Crete". Thankful for their help, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades.^[5]

In this form they were agents of punishment who abducted people and tortured them on their way to Tartarus. They were vicious, cruel and violent. They lived on the islands of the Strophades. They were usually seen as the personifications of the destructive nature of wind. The harpies in this tradition, now thought of as three sisters instead of the original two, were: Aello ("storm swift"), Celaeno ("the dark") — also known as Podarge ("fleet-foot") — and Ocypete ("the swift wing").

Aeneas encountered harpies on the Strophades as they repeatedly made off with the feast the Trojans were setting. Celaeno cursed them, saying the Trojans will be so hungry they will eat their tables before they reach the end of their journey. The Trojans fled in fear.

Harpies in the infernal wood, from Inferno XIII, by Gustave Doré, 1861

Harpies remained vivid in the Middle Ages. In his Inferno, XIII, Dante envisages the tortured wood infested with harpies, where the suicides have their punishment in the seventh ring of Hell:

<poem> Here the repellent harpies make their nests, Who drove the Trojans from the Strophades With dire announcements of the coming woe. They have broad wings, a human neck and face, Clawed feet and swollen, feathered bellies; they caw Their lamentations in the eerie trees.^[6]</poem>

William Blake was inspired by Dante's description in his pencil, ink and watercolour "The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides" (Tate Gallery, London).

Heraldry[link]

In the Middle Ages, the harpy, often called the "virgin eagle", became a popular charge in heraldry, particularly in East Frisia, seen on, among others, the coats-of-arms of Rietburg, Liechtenstein, and the Cirksena

Harpies in reality[link]

The American Harpy Eagle is a real bird named after the mythological animal.

The term is often used metaphorically to refer to a nasty or annoying woman. In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick spots the sharp-tongued Beatrice approaching and exclaims to the Prince, Don Pedro, that he would do an assortment of arduous tasks for him "rather than hold three words conference with this harpy!"

Harpies in popular culture[link]

With their composite form and violent nature, harpies are depicted in films, television and other aspects of popular culture. Harpies are commonly depicted as a race of bird-women, such as in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials book series. Occasionally the classic harpies are referenced by name, such as the appearance of Celaeno in Peter S. Beagle's novel The Last Unicorn. Harpies are also mentioned in the Percy Jackson series.

The character Mai Valentine in the Yu-gi-oh series uses a card deck based around Harpies.

See also[link]

• Hybrid (mythology)
• Karura
• Siren (birdlike woman in Greek mythology)
• Sirin
• Tantalus (Greek character condemned to never quench his hunger or thirst)
• Tengu

References[link]

External links[link]

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This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key[link]

Draft picks[link]

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Note: Stats are updated through the end of the 2007–08 season

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	RS	PO
1967	1	1	Pagnutti, RickRick Pagnutti	Canada	D
1968	1	7	McInally, JimJim McInally	Canada	D
1969	2	16	Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson	Canada	D	344	11
1969	3	27	Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy	Canada	D	273	3
1969	4	39	Landon, BruceBruce Landon	Canada	G
1969	5	51	Goring, ButchButch Goring	Canada	C	1107	134
1970	2	24	McDonough, AlAl McDonough	Canada	RW	237	8

Statistics are complete as of the 2010–11 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list includes players drafted by the team in Los Angeles only. Current King players (as of the end of the 2010-11 season) in bold.^[1]

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1991	2	42	Leveque, Guy !Guy Leveque	Canada	C	17	2	2	4	21
1991	4	79	Redmond, Keith !Keith Redmond	Canada	LW	12	1	0	1	20
1991	4	81	Zhitnik, Alexei !Alexei Zhitnik	USSR	D	1085	96	375	471	1268
1991	5	180	Jaks, Pauli !Pauli Jaks	Switzerland	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
1991	6	130	Seguin, Brett !Brett Seguin	Canada	C
1991	7	152	Fairchild, Kelly !Kelly Fairchild	United States	C	34	2	3	5	6
1991	9	196	Brown, Craig !Craig Brown	Canada	G
1991	10	218	Olsson, Mattias !Mattias Olsson	Sweden	D
1991	11	240	Boulianne, Andre !Andre Boulianne	Canada	G
1991	12	262	Gaul, Michael !Michael Gaul	Canada	D	3	0	0	0	4
1992	2	39	Hocking, Justin !Justin Hocking	Canada	D	1	0	0	0	0
1992	3	63	Allan, Sandy !Sandy Allan	Bahamas	G
1992	4	87	Brown, Kevin !Kevin Brown	United Kingdom	RW	64	7	9	16	28
1992	5	111	Shevalier, Jeff !Jeff Shevalier	Canada	LW	32	5	9	14	8
1992	6	135	Murray, Rem !Rem Murray	Canada	LW	560	94	121	215	161
1992	9	207	Wernblom, Magnus !Magnus Wernblom	Sweden	RW
1992	10	231	Pisiak, Ryan !Ryan Pisiak	Canada	RW
1992	11	255	Tiilikainen, Jukka !Jukka Tiilikainen	Finland	RW
1993	2	42	Toporowski, Shayne !Shayne Toporowski	Canada	RW	3	0	0	0	7
1993	3	68	Mitchell, Jeff !Jeff Mitchell	USA	RW	7	0	0	0	7
1993	4	94	Wren, Bob !Bob Wren	Canada	C	5	0	0	0	0
1993	5	105	Beaubien, Frederik !Frederik Beaubien	Canada	G
1993	5	117	Saal, Jason !Jason Saal	USA	G
1993	5	120	Vlasak, Tomas !Tomas Vlasak	Czech Republic	LW	10	1	3	4	2
1993	6	146	Karalahti, Jere !Jere Karalahti	Finland	D	149	8	19	27	97
1993	7	172	Martin, Justin !Justin Martin	USA	RW
1993	8	198	Dillabough, Travis !Travis Dillabough	Canada	LW
1993	9	224	Strbak, Martin !Martin Strbak	Slovakia	D	49	5	11	16	46
1993	10	250	Timonen, Kimmo !Kimmo Timonen	Finland	D	894	102	362	464	538
1993	11	276	Howald, Patrick !Patrick Howald	Switzerland	LW
1994	1	7	Storr, Jamie !Jamie Storr	Canada	G	219	0	3	3	26	85	86	23	0	2.54
1994	2	33	Johnson, Matt !Matt Johnson	Canada	LW	473	23	20	43	1523
1994	3	59	Yachmenev, Vitali !Vitali Yachmenev	Russia	LW	487	83	133	216	88
1994	5	111	Schmidt, Chris !Chris Schmidt	Canada	C	10	0	2	2	5
1994	7	163	Gagne, Luc !Luc Gagne	Canada	F
1994	8	189	Dale, Andrew !Andrew Dale	Canada	C
1994	9	215	Nemecek, Jan !Jan Nemecek	Czech Republic	D	7	1	0	1	4
1994	10	241	Shalamai, Sergei !Sergei Shalamai	Russia	LW
1994	S	7	Fair, Quinn !Quinn Fair	Canada	D
1995	1	3	Berg, Aki !Aki Berg	Finland	D	606	15	70	85	374
1995	2	33	MacLean, Donald !Donald MacLean	Canada	C	41	8	5	13	6
1995	2	50	Rosa, Pavel !Pavel Rosa	Czech Republic	RW	36	5	13	18	6
1995	3	59	Tsyplakov, Vladimir !Vladimir Tsyplakov	Russia	LW	331	69	101	170	90
1995	5	118	Morgan, Jason !Jason Morgan	Canada	C	44	2	5	7	18
1995	6	137	Melyakov, Igor !Igor Melyakov	Russia	F
1995	7	157	Larose, Benoit !Benoit Larose	Canada	D
1995	7	163	Vuorivirta, Juha !Juha Vuorivirta	Finland	F
1995	9	215	Stewart, Brian !Brian Stewart	Canada	D
1996	2	30	Green, Josh !Josh Green	Canada	RW	334	35	39	74	199
1996	2	37	Cisar, Marian !Marian Cisar	Slovakia	RW	73	13	17	30	57
1996	3	57	Phillips, Greg !Greg Phillips	Canada	RW
1996	4	84	Simons, Mikael !Mikael Simons	Sweden	RW
1996	4	96	Belanger, Eric !Eric Belanger	Canada	C	716	134	205	339	319
1996	5	120	Black, Jesse !Jesse Black	Canada	D
1996	5	123	Hogan, Peter !Peter Hogan	Canada	D
1996	8	190	Valiquette, Steve !Steve Valiquette	Canada	G	48	0	1	1	4	16	14	0	5	2.36
1996	8	193	Nurminen, Kai !Kai Nurminen	Finland	F	69	17	11	28	24
1996	9	219	Simard, Sebastien !Sebastien Simard	Canada	F
1997	1	3	Jokinen, Olli !Olli Jokinen	Finland	C	960	269	353	622	913
1997	1	15	Zultek, Matt !Matt Zultek	Canada	LW
1997	2	29	Barney, Scott !Scott Barney	Canada	RW	27	5	6	11	4
1997	4	83	Corvo, Joe !Joe Corvo	USA	D	568	79	179	258	204
1997	4	99	Blanchard, Sean !Sean Blanchard	Canada	D
1997	6	137	Seeley, Richard !Richard Seeley	Canada	D
1997	6	150	Katcher, Jeff !Jeff Katcher	Canada	D
1997	8	193	Kopischke, Jay !Jay Kopischke	USA	LW
1997	9	220	Brand, Konrad !Konrad Brand	Canada	D
1998	1	21	Biron, Mathieu !Mathieu Biron	Canada	D	253	12	32	44	177
1998	2	46	Papineau, Justin !Justin Papineau	Canada	C	81	11	8	19	12
1998	3	76	Volkov, Alexei !Alexei Volkov	Russia	G
1998	4	103	Brennan, Kip !Kip Brennan	Canada	LW	61	1	1	2	222
1998	5	133	Rullier, Joe !Joe Rullier	Canada	D
1998	6	163	Zizka, Tomas !Tomas Zizka	Czech Republic	D	25	2	6	8	16
1998	7	190	Hannus, Tommi !Tommi Hannus	Finland	F
1998	8	217	Henkel, Jim !Jim Henkel	USA	C
1998	9	248	Yeats, Matthew !Matthew Yeats	Canada	G	5	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	3.04
1999	2	43	Shefer, Andrei !Andrei Shefer	Russia	D
1999	3	74	Crain, Jason !Jason Crain	USA	D
1999	3	76	Kaberle, Frantisek !Frantisek Kaberle	Czech Republic	D	523	29	164	193	218
1999	3	92	Campbell, Cory !Cory Campbell	Canada	G
1999	4	104	McGrattan, Brian !Brian McGrattan	Canada	RW	182	3	11	14	395
1999	4	125	Johansson, Daniel !Daniel Johansson	Sweden	D
1999	5	133	Nogues, Jean-Francois !Jean-Francois Nogues	Canada	G
1999	7	193	Baker, Kevin !Kevin Baker	Canada	RW
1999	8	222	Parros, George !George Parros	USA	RW	367	16	13	29	865
1999	9	250	Clarke, Noah !Noah Clarke	USA	LW	21	3	1	4	4
2000	1	20	Frolov, Alexander !Alexander Frolov	Russia	LW	579	175	222	397	218
2000	2	54	Lilja, Andreas !Andreas Lilja	Sweden	D	530	16	65	81	529
2000	3	86	Lehoux, Yanick !Yanick Lehoux	Canada	C	10	2	2	4	6
2000	4	118	Visnovsky, Lubomir !Lubomir Visnovsky	Slovakia	D	703	111	312	423	288
2000	5	165	Marsters, Nathan !Nathan Marsters	Canada	G
2000	7	201	Fedorov, Evgeny !Evgeny Fedorov	Russia	C
2000	7	206	Eriksson, Tim !Tim Eriksson	Sweden	LW
2000	7	218	Olynick, Craig !Craig Olynick	Canada	D
2000	8	245	Welch, Dan !Dan Welch	USA	F
2000	8	250	Conne, Flavien !Flavien Conne	Switzerland	F
2000	9	282	Grahn, Carl !Carl Grahn	Finland	G
2001	1	18	Karlsson, Jens !Jens Karlsson	Sweden	LW
2001	1	30	Steckel, David !David Steckel	USA	C	309	24	35	59	115
2001	2	49	Cammalleri, Mike !Mike Cammalleri	Canada	C	496	177	207	384	263
2001	2	51	Bednar, Jaroslav !Jaroslav Bednar	Czech Republic	RW	102	10	25	35	30
2001	3	83	Juntunen, Henrik !Henrik Juntunen	Sweden	LW
2001	4	116	Petiot, Richard !Richard Petiot	Canada	D	15	0	3	3	25
2001	5	152	Denike, Terry !Terry Denike	Canada	G
2001	5	153	Mantyla, Tuukka !Tuukka Mantyla	Finland	D
2001	7	214	Huet, Cristobal !Cristobal Huet	France	G	272	0	3	3	10	129	90	11	21	2.46
2001	8	237	Gabinet, Mike !Mike Gabinet	Canada	D
2001	9	277	Laplante, Sebastien !Sebastien Laplante	Canada	G
2002	1	18	Grebeshkov, Denis !Denis Grebeshkov	Russia	D	227	17	67	84	112
2002	2	50	Anshakov, Sergei !Sergei Anshakov	Russia	LW
2002	3	66	Kanko, Petr !Petr Kanko	Czech Republic	D	10	1	0	1	0
2002	4	104	Rome, Aaron !Aaron Rome	Canada	D	131	2	10	12	110
2002	4	115	Rooneem, Mark !Mark Rooneem	Canada	LW
2002	5	152	Hogeboom, Greg !Greg Hogeboom	Canada	C
2002	5	157	Andresen, Joel !Joel Andresen	Canada	D
2002	6	185	Murphy, Ryan !Ryan Murphy	USA	RW
2002	7	215	Lyubushin, Mikhail !Mikhail Lyubushin	Russia	D
2002	8	248	Pulliainen, Tuukka !Tuukka Pulliainen	Finland	F
2002	9	279	James, Connor !Connor James	Canada	C	16	1	0	1	2
2003	1	13	Brown, Dustin !Dustin Brown	USA	RW	513	141	164	305	377
2003	1	26	Boyle, Brian !Brian Boyle	USA	C	189	33	18	51	167
2003	1	27	Tambellini, Jeff !Jeff Tambellini	Canada	LW	242	27	36	63	88
2003	2	44	Pushkarev, Konstantin !Konstantin Pushkarev	Kazakhstan	RW	17	2	3	5	8
2003	3	82	Munce, Ryan !Ryan Munce	Canada	G
2003	5	152	Murray, Brady !Brady Murray	Canada	F	4	1	0	1	6
2003	6	174	Pirnes, Esa !Esa Pirnes	Finland	C	57	3	8	11	12
2003	8	231	Zaba, Matt !Matt Zaba	Canada	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56
2003	8	244	Sullivan, Mike !Mike Sullivan	Canada	C
2003	9	274	Guerin, Martin !Martin Guerin	USA	F
2004	1	11	Tukonen, Lauri !Lauri Tukonen	Finland	RW	5	0	0	0	0
2004	3	95	Baier, Paul !Paul Baier	USA	D
2004	4	110	Lukacevic, Ned !Ned Lukacevic	Serbia	LW
2004	5	143	Neilson, Eric !Eric Neilson	Canada	RW
2004	6	174	Parse, Scott !Scott Parse	USA	RW	64	12	16	28	22
2004	7	205	Curry, Mike !Mike Curry	USA	LW
2004	7	221	Taylor, Daniel !Daniel Taylor	Great Britain	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00
2004	8	238	Fukufuji, Yutaka !Yutaka Fukufuji	Japan	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.37
2004	9	264	Tenkanen, Valtteri !Valtteri Tenkanen	Finland	C
2005	1	11	Kopitar, Anze !Anze Kopitar	Slovenia	C	339	138	220	358	114
2005	2	50	Roussin, Dany !Dany Roussin	Canada	LW
2005	2	60	Fast, T.J. !T.J. Fast	Canada	D
2005	3	72	Quick, Jonathan !Jonathan Quick	USA	G	180	0	4	4	2	96	66	0	12	2.44
2005	5	139	Hersley, Patrik !Patrik Hersley	Sweden	D
2005	6	184	McGinnis, Ryan !Ryan McGinnis	USA	D
2005	7	206	Meyers, Josh !Josh Meyers	USA	D
2005	7	226	Seymour, John !John Seymour	Canada	LW
2006	1	11	Bernier, Jonathan !Jonathan Bernier	Canada	G	32	0	1	1	0	15	11	0	3	2.57
2006	1	17	Lewis, Trevor !Trevor Lewis	USA	C	83	4	12	16	6
2006	2	48	Ryan, Joey !Joey Ryan	USA	D
2006	3	74	Zatkoff, Jeff !Jeff Zatkoff	USA	G
2006	3	86	Holloway, Bud !Bud Holloway	Canada	RW
2006	4	114	Andersen, Niclas !Niclas Andersen	Sweden	D
2006	5	134	Meckler, David !David Meckler	USA	LW
2006	5	144	Nolet, Martin !Martin Nolet	Canada	D
2006	6	164	Braun, Constantin !Constantin Braun	Germany	LW
2007	1	4	Hickey, Thomas !Thomas Hickey	Canada	D
2007	2	52	Moller, Oscar !Oscar Moller	Sweden	C	87	12	14	26	22
2007	2	61	Simmonds, Wayne !Wayne Simmonds	Canada	RW	240	39	54	93	264
2007	3	82	Cameron, Bryan !Bryan Cameron	Canada	C
2007	4	95	Martinez, Alec !Alec Martinez	USA	D	64	5	11	16	20
2007	4	109	King, Dwight !Dwight King	Canada	C	6	0	0	0	2
2007	5	124	Rowat, Linden !Linden Rowat	Canada	G
2007	5	137	Turnbull, Joshua !Joshua Turnbull	USA	D
2007	7	184	Kidd, Josh !Josh Kidd	Canada	D
2007	7	188	Fillier, Matt !Matt Fillier	Canada	LW
2008	1	2	Doughty, Drew !Drew Doughty	Canada	D	239	33	93	126	178
2008	1	13	Teubert, Colten !Colten Teubert	Canada	D
2008	2	32	Voynov, Vyacheslav !Vyacheslav Voynov	Russia	D
2008	3	63	Czarnik, Robbie !Robbie Czarnik	USA	F
2008	3	74	Campbell, Andrew !Andrew Campbell	Canada	C
2008	3	88	Wudrick, Geordie !Geordie Wudrick	Canada	LW
2008	5	123	Loktionov, Andrei !Andrei Loktionov	Russia	C	20	4	3	7	2
2008	6	153	Azevedo, Justin !Justin Azevedo	Canada	C
2008	7	183	Roe, Garrett !Garrett Roe	USA	LW
2009	1	5	Schenn, Brayden !Brayden Schenn	Canada	C	9	0	2	2	0
2009	2	35	Clifford, Kyle !Kyle Clifford	Canada	LW	76	7	7	14	141
2009	3	84	Deslauriers, Nicolas !Nicolas Deslauriers	Canada	D
2009	4	95	Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube	Canada	G
2009	4	96	Vey, Linden !Linden Vey	Canada	RW
2009	5	126	Kolomatis, David !David Kolomatis	USA	D
2009	6	156	Pelech, Michael !Michael Pelech	Canada	F
2009	6	179	Kozun, Brandon !Brandon Kozun	Canada	RW
2009	7	186	Nolan, Jordan !Jordan Nolan	Canada	C
2009	7	198	Dowd, Nic !Nic Dowd	USA	C
2010	1	15	Forbort, Derek !Derek Forbort	USA	D
2010	2	47	Toffoli, Tyler !Tyler Toffoli	Canada	RW
2010	3	70	Weal, Jordan !Jordan Weal	Canada	C
2010	5	148	Gravel, Kevin !Kevin Gravel	USA	D
2010	6	158	Kitsyn, Maxim !Maxim Kitsyn	Russia	LW
2011	2	49	Gibson, Christopher !Christopher Gibson	Finland	G
2011	3	80	Andreoff, Andy !Andy Andreoff	Canada	C
2011	3	82	Shore, Nick !Nick Shore	USA	C
2011	4	110	Mersch, Michael !Michael Mersch	USA	LW
2011	5	140	Lowry, Joel !Joel Lowry	Canada	LW
2011	7	200	Schumacher, Michael !Michael Schumacher	Sweden	LW