. . "Citation: Draycott, C. (2008). Bird-women on the Harpy Monument from Xanthos, Lycia: sirens or harpies. In: Kurtz, D. (ed.) Essays in Classical Archaeology for Eleni Hatzivassiliou 1977-2007. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 145-153.". "The initial identification of the bird-women on the Harpy Monument as the eponymous 'harpies' has long been superseded by the identification of the creatures as sirens. The small figures they are shown carrying have often been seen as eidola or souls of the deceased. This in turn has led to the idea that one of the functions of sirens was to transport the souls of the deceased to the afterlife. However, there is every reason to believe that the images show an abduction image, related to contemporary images of sphinxes carrying off young males. It is unusual in that the figures they abduct are female, and in this the images actually do recall the legend of the harpies abducting the daughters of Pandareos, which led to the initial naming of the tomb. Although they may not be adequately labelled as 'harpies' or 'sirens', their role as shown here is closer to the former than the latter.". "Draycott, Catherine M.". "Kurtz, Donna". "Published". "Publisher's version". "text". "Book (monograph): Section of book or chapter of book". "Not peer reviewed". . "2012-06-21T00:53:00.398Z"^^. "Lycian art". "abduction". "Visual art and representation". "Materials studies (archaeology)". "death demons". "Lykia". "souls". "Xanthos". "Asia". "afterlife". "Greek archeology". "Plastic arts". "Art". "Archeology". "Lycia". "History of the ancient world". "Harpy Monument". "harpies". "sirens". "snatching". "History of art and visual culture". "fedoraAdmin". . . "en". . . . . . . . . "http://www.archaeopress.com/searchBar.asp?title=Sub+Series&id=51&Sub+SeriesID=51". . "Bird-women on the Harpy Monument from Xanthos, Lycia: sirens or harpies". "2008". "2010-10-11T13:05:04.466Z"^^. "Oxford Research Archive internal ID: ora:4232". "http://www.archaeopress.com/searchBar.asp?title=Sub+Series&id=51&Sub+SeriesID=51". "isbn: 978-1-903767-05-4". "ora:4232". "urn:uuid:a70b11c6-b3c4-4d21-82f0-e695aae74f05". "Published". "ora:4232".