Fineo, rey de Tracia, tenía el don de la profecía. Zeus, furioso con él por haber revelado sin consentimiento secretos de los dioses del Olimpo, le castigó confinándolo en una isla con un festín del que no podía comer nada, pues las Harpías siempre robaban la comida de sus manos justo antes de que pudiera tomarla.
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King Phineus of Thrace was given the gift of prophecy by Zeus. Angry
that Phineus gave away the god's secret plan, Zeus punished him by
blinding him and putting him on an island with a buffet of food which he
could never eat because the harpies always arrived to steal the food
out of his hands before he could satisfy his hunger, and befouled the
remains of his food.
Este castigo se prolongó hasta la llegada de Jasón y los Argonautas, que enviaron tras las Harpías a los héroes alados Calais y Zetes, los Boréadas. Éstos lograron espantarlas, pero sin matar a ninguna de ellas.
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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
Nos vemos!