In
Greek mythology,
Harpina (
Greek Άρπινα) was a
Naiad nymph and daughter of Phliasian
Asopus and of
Metope. Pausanias (5.22.6) and Diodorus Siculus (4.73.1) mention Harpina and state that, according to the tradition of the
Eleans and
Phliasians,
Ares mated with her in the city of
Pisa (located in the ancient Greek region of
Elis) and she bore him
Oenomaus, the king of Pisa. Oenomaus (6.21.8) founded and named after his mother the city of
Harpina, not far from the river Harpinates, near
Olympia. Pausanias (5.22.6) mentions Harpina in his description of a group sculpture, donated by the Phliasians, of the daughters of
Asopus, which included
Nemea,
Zeus seizing
Aegina, Harpina,
Corcyra,
Thebe and Asopus. The sculpture was located in the sanctuary of
Hippodamia at
Olympia.
