Stymphalian birds (Greek mythology)
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Name (Latin)
Stymphalian birds (Greek mythology)
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Mythology, Greek
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Q236429
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sh2002007539
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Classics Digital Library Collection, 2002(Stymphalian Birds (Greek mythology))
- Gods and mortals in classical mythology, 1973:p. 219 (the last Labour that Heracles performed in the Peloponnese was the removal of these birds-pests which infested the wooded shores of Lake Stymphalus in Arcadia and shot at people with their steel-tipped feathers)
- Classical mythology, 1999:p. I-42 (Stymphalian Birds, sixth Labor of Heracles)
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Herakles Stymphalian BM B163
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Wikipedia description:
The Stymphalian birds ( stim-FAY-lee-ən; Ancient Greek: Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες, romanized: Stymphalídes órnithes) are a group of voracious birds in Greek mythology. The birds' appellation is derived from their dwelling in a swamp in Stymphalia.
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