UIG5327063 Harpy Tertia : Harpyae tertia icon, Persian harpy. Renaissance Woodcut monsters. From the 1642 book Monstrorum Historia by Ulisse Aldrovandi (Bologna, 1522-1605). He is considered the founder of modern Natural History. In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, a harpy was a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers (especially those who have killed their family) to the Erinyes. They seem originally to have been wind spirits. Their name means ""snatchers""., Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1642 穢Buyenlarge/UIG/Leemage.