Greek · No. 020

Aello, the Storm Harpy

Real myth

Aello, the Storm Harpy
She steals the kings' dinner and leaves only the stench.
Rarity
Common
Category
Monster
ATK
1100
DEF
800
Level
3
Type
Bird
Element
Wind
Constellations
Feather · Crown

The myth

Aello was one of the Harpies, daughters of Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra. Hesiod names two, lovely-haired Aello and Ocypete, who flew as swiftly as the winds and the birds; the name Aello suggests a storm gust. They were spirits of sudden gales that snatched people away. In the Argonautica the gods send them to punish the seer Phineus by stealing and fouling his food; the Boreads Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas, chase them until Iris swears they will torment him no more. Later art made them monsters with the bodies of birds.

Why it has this power

A Common level-3 card with 1100 ATK and 800 DEF: fast and aggressive but with little endurance, like a passing gust. A Wind Bird for the storm in her very name, she bears the Feather and Crown constellations, the wing and King Phineus whom she tormented. She is a material of the Rite of the Corycian Cave, which summons Typhon.

Did you know

The word harpy comes from the Greek verb harpazein, to snatch, and the islands where they were stopped were named the Strophades, the islands of turning back.

Connections

  • In Nikos the Young Hoplite's deck
  • In Elena, Huntress of Artemis's deck
  • In Aristeia, Champion of Olympus's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Elena, Huntress of Artemis (Aegean of Heroes) — grade C: 13% · grade D: 13%
  • Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 40 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. HARPIES (Harpyiai) - Bird-Women Monsters & Storm Spirits of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Argonautica, Book 2 — Apollonius Rhodius (trans. R. C. Seaton), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  3. Theogony — Hesiod (trans. H. G. Evelyn-White), Theoi Classical Texts Library