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Your Momma. Is a harpy.

Your Momma.  Is a harpy.
"What a little harpy that woman from Hampshire is, Clump," Squills remarked, "that has seized upon old Tilly Crawley. ~ Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

Following up on Dharma Bums Sloths and Harpy Eagles ...

What do you get when you cross a stinky, slovenly, and disreputable Harpy with the totally hot God of the West Wind?

The Stallions of Achilles.  Henri Regnault ( French, 1843-1871 ): Regnault's original painting, measuring more than ten feet square, is on permanent display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The painting depicts Achilles' chariot driver, Automedon, struggling to control Xanthos and Balios. The horses, sensing that their master will be killed, resist being harnessed to the chariot that will carry Achilles into his final, fatal battle.

Xanthus and Balius. The immortal stallions of Achilles.

Go figure.

Images: The Horses of Achilles, Henri Regnault ( French, 1843-1871 ) ; Harpies; Zephyrus