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Hannibal (Celebrated Carthaginian)

A celebrated Carthaginian general, son of Hamilcar. While a child he took a solemn oath never to be at peace with Rome.

His passage of the Alps with an immense army was one of the greatest feats of antiquity. He defeated the Romans in the great battle of Cannae, but was subsequently conquered by Scipio at Zama. He died by poison taken from a ring in which he kept it concealed. This occurred in his seventieth year, about B. C. 182.

Harpylae (The Harpies). Winged monsters who had the face of a woman, the body of a vulture, and feet and fingers armed with claws. They were three in number-Aello, Ocypete, and Celeno. They were daughters of Neptune and Terra.