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In Greek mythology, Celaeno is one of the Harpies, monsters with the bodies of birds and faces of women. She has the reputation that accompanies her name, which means ‘black’. Like all her sisters, Celaeno was fleet of foot and wing but her terrible claws made her a raptor or ‘snatcher’ of prey. She was the mother of two human sons by the god Poseidon, Eurypylus who fought in the Trojan Wars and accompanied Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece, and Lycus who became the king of the Fortunate Islands.