Template:Short description OcypeteTemplate:Pronunciation needed (Ancient Greek: Ὠκυπέτη means 'swift wing') was one of the three Harpies in Greek mythology. She was also known as Ocypode (Ὠκυπόδη means "swift foot") or Ocythoe (Ὠκυθόη means "swift runner"). The Harpies were the daughters of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra.<ref>Hesiod, Theogony 267; Apollodorus, 1.2.6; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 167</ref>Template:AI-generated source Her harpy-sisters were Aello (Podarge) and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly Arke<ref>Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 6; Photius, Bibliotheca 190</ref> and Hydaspes.<ref>Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.351ff.</ref> In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus, father of these monsters,<ref name=":02">Valerius Flaccus, 4.425</ref> or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon, god of the sea.<ref>Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 3.241</ref>

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According to one story, the Harpies were chased by the Boreads. Though the swiftest of the trio, Ocypete became exhausted, landed on an island in the middle of the ocean and begged for mercy from the gods. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Harpies were creatures employed by the higher gods to carry out punishments for crimes.

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