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Harpe
The harpē (ἅρπη) was a type of sword or sickle; a sword with a sickle protrusion along one edge near the tip of the blade. The harpe is mentioned in Greek and Roman sources, and almost always in mythological contexts.
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Harpe
The harpē was a type of sword mentioned in Ancient Greek and Latin sources, almost always in mythological contexts. Most notably it was the sword used by Perseus to decapitate the Medusa, and by Cronus to castrate his father Uranus. In Greek and Roman art it is variously depicted, but it seems that originally it was a khopesh-like sickle-sword. Later depictions often show it as a combination of a sword and sickle, and this odd interpretation is explicitly described in the 2nd century Leucippe and Clitophon The Greek ἅρπη is in origin a loan from a Semitic word reflected in Biblical Hebrew as חרב "a sword".
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
harpe
A species of drawbridge used among the ancients, and deriving its name from its resemblance to the musical instrument. This bridge, which consisted of a wooden frame, and hung in a perpendicular direction against the turrets that were used in those times to carry on the siege of a place, had a variety of ropes attached to it, and was let down upon the wall of a town by means of pulleys. The instant it fell, the soldiers left the turret, and rushed across the temporary platform upon the rampart.
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HARPE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harpe is ranked #16601 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Harpe surname appeared 1,727 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Harpe.
75.7% or 1,308 total occurrences were White.
19.9% or 345 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 35 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.8% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Harpe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Harpe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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