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Harpe of Perseus

Objects · Myth & story

A named sickle-sword of the Perseus story, used on Medusa. Not adamant as a material, not a labrys, and not the harp of Orpheus.

Also known as Harpe

Hellenic religion

  • Harpe of Perseus appears in Hellenic religion.

    Ovid’s Metamorphoses tells Perseus’ sickle-sword in the Medusa episode, the harpe of that killing. A named curved blade in that poem, not adamant as a material, not a labrys, and not the harp of Orpheus.

    from Ovid · Metamorphoses, 8 CE

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