Empousa



Empousa is a species of monsters commanded by Hecate.

History
Empousa was the beautiful daughter of the goddess Hecate and the spirit Mormo. She feasted on blood by seducing men as they slept before drinking their blood. Empousa was created by dark magic, animal, and bronze.

Empousa is pictured as wearing brazen slippers and bearing flaming hair. Her name was said to mean "one-footed". This is because they are a one-legged hybrid, with a donkey's leg and a celestial bronze prosthetic leg. The legend of vampires was based on empusa.

There is species of Hecatean demon called an empuse or empousa. The empuses were sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travelers. According to some, empuses ran and hid, uttering a high-pitched scream, at the sound of insults.

The empousai are best known for their appearance in Aristophanes's The Frogs, in which they scared Dionysus and Xanthias on their way to the Underworld.

The Battle of the Labyrinth
In The Battle of the Labyrinth, two Empousai masquerade as cheerleaders named Tammi and Kelli at Goode High School. Percy, with the assistance of Rachel Elizabeth Dare manages to kill Tammi with his celestial bronze sword, Riptide, but Kelli bursts into flames and escapes. The heroes later encounter Kelli in Daedalus' workshop who brings in the ghost of Minos, Daedalus's archenemy, Nico di Angelo, and some draemae, but she is soon killed by Annabeth when she blocks Percy's attempt at reaching Riptide after it was knocked out of his hand.

The Last Olympian
In The Last Olympian, an Empousa holds Prometheus' arm as they approach Percy under a flag of truce. The unamed Empousa mentions that she was one of the things released when Pandora opened the pithos containing demons like disease. She later bares her teeth at a Hyperborean Giant.

Known Empousai

 * Kelli
 * Tammi
 * Unnamed Empousa in The Last Olympian with Prometheus walking under a flag of truce towards Percy Jackson during the Battle of Manhattan