The Straight Dope message boards are now my new favorite homework tool! Last time, the responses on the Coriolis Effect were enough to make the physics teacher give us all a lab to do(needless to say, he was wrong and the straight dope community was right!) This time, it’s english class; what is the origin and meaning of “a siren and a harpy”? Hopefully this will provide the same results as my last question did.
Hockeydude, this is too easy. You really need to do a little research on your own. Try Google with those keywords.
Then, once you’ve read up on the topic a bit, and want to ask some advanced questions, try the Cafe Society forum.
We don’t help people with their homework unless they can show that they have exhausted all reasonable leads. Get thee to a library.
bibliophage
moderator GQ
Particularly for questions with clearly definable answers, you can also try
http://www.britannica.com/ (The Encyclopædia Britannica has recently gone back to being a subscription service, but you can still get short answers for free.)
http://www.m-w.com/ (The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary on-line.)
Sorry about that guys, I was just so pleased with the help last time I figured I’d take the easy way out. Next time, I won’t wait till the last minute to look this stuff up.
Are you looking for the phrase “a siren and a harpy”, or trying to find out more about the words siren and harpy? If the former, I’d be curious to find out what it’s all about, as I’ve never heard that phrase before. If the latter, I agree with others. You should have little or no difficulty finding plenty of information on those.