Aello

Aello was also referred to as:

• Aellopus ({{IPAc-en|eɪ|ˈ|ɛ|l|ə|p|ə|s}}; Ἀελλόπους, Aellopous, "whirlwind-footed")Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.21&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aellopus 1.9.21]; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.3 14.3]
• Aellope ({{IPAc-en|eɪ|ə|ˈ|l|oʊ|p|iː}}; Αελλώπη, Aellōpē)
• Podarge ({{IPAc-en|p|oʊ-|ˈ|d|ɑːr|dʒ|iː}}; Ποδάργη, Podargē, "she who is foot-speedy")Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+16.112&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Podarge 16.150]
• Podarce ({{IPAc-en|p|oʊ-|ˈ|d|ɑːr|s|iː}}; Ποδάρκη, Podarkē, "she who is foot-safe"?)Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#p.35 Preface]
• Nicothoë ({{IPAc-en|n|ᵻ|ˈ|k|ɒ|θ|oʊ|iː}}; Νικοθόη, Nikothoē, "she who is victory-speedy")Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.21&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Nicothoe 1.9.21]

As one of the Harpies, Aello was the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid ElectraHesiod, Theogony [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.%20Th.%20265&lang=original:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aello 267]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.2.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aello 1.2.6]; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#165 167]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} (also called OzomeneHyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.3 14]). Her harpy-sisters were Ocypete and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly ArkePtolemy Hephaestion, New History 6; Photius, Bibliotheca [https://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=237#190.46 190] and Hydaspes.Nonnus, [https://topostext.org/work/529#26.351 26.351ff.] In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus, father of these monsters,Valerius Flaccus, 4.425 or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon, god of the sea.Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid [https://topostext.org/work/548#3.241 3.241]

Aello was claimed to be the mother of Achilles's immortal steeds Balius and Xanthus by ZephyrusHomer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+16.112&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Podarge 16.149-151] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+19.400&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Podarge 19.400]; Quintus Smyrnaeus, [https://topostext.org/work/863#3.631 3.748-751] but some sources claimed it was really her sister Celaeno.

According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Aello was the harpy who was encountered by Aeneas' company in their wanderings after the fall of Troy:

"Wintry seas then tossed the heroic band, and in a treacherous harbor of those isles, called Strophades, Aello frightened them."Ovid, Metamorphoses [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.705&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aello 13.709-710]

Aello was also the name of one of Actaeon's dogs who destroyed their master when he was changed into a stag by the goddess of hunt, Artemis.Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.219; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]

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• [http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=AELLO Godchecker - Aello]

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