A Seriphian crone

Explanation

Apollodorus says there is a proverbial expression, "the Seriphian crone," for a woman grown old in maidenhood. Others derive it from the locust: for the field-locust, called by some a soothsayer, is in Sicily called "old crone Seriphos" or "old crone Seriphē"; and they say if she look upon any creature, evil befalls it.