The Stymphalian birds (pronounced /stɪmˈfeɪliən/ stim-fay-lee-ən; Greek:Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες, Stymphalídes órnithes) are a group of birds in Greek mythology. The birds' appellation is derived from their dwelling in a swamp inStymphalia.
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| - The Stymphalian birds (pronounced /stɪmˈfeɪliən/ stim-fay-lee-ən; Greek:Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες, Stymphalídes órnithes) are a group of birds in Greek mythology. The birds' appellation is derived from their dwelling in a swamp inStymphalia.
- The sixth labour of Herakles was to slay these birds. With the help of the goddess Athena, he used a set of small cymbals (or in some versions Castanets or a rattle) to disrupt the birds. He then shot a great majority of them one-by-one with either his bow and arrow or a sling. The remaining birds flew off never to be heard from again.
- After Heracles had cleaned the Augean Stables, Eurystheus sent him to defeat the Stymphalian Birds. Heracles could not go too far into the swamp, for it would not support his weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle which Hephaestus had made for the occasion. Heracles shook the rattle and frightened the birds into the air. Heracles then shot many of them with his arrows. The rest flew far away, never to return. Heracles brought some of the birds he had killed to Eurystheus and was given the next task of capturing the Cretan Bull.
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| - The Stymphalian birds (pronounced /stɪmˈfeɪliən/ stim-fay-lee-ən; Greek:Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες, Stymphalídes órnithes) are a group of birds in Greek mythology. The birds' appellation is derived from their dwelling in a swamp inStymphalia.
- The sixth labour of Herakles was to slay these birds. With the help of the goddess Athena, he used a set of small cymbals (or in some versions Castanets or a rattle) to disrupt the birds. He then shot a great majority of them one-by-one with either his bow and arrow or a sling. The remaining birds flew off never to be heard from again.
- After Heracles had cleaned the Augean Stables, Eurystheus sent him to defeat the Stymphalian Birds. Heracles could not go too far into the swamp, for it would not support his weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle which Hephaestus had made for the occasion. Heracles shook the rattle and frightened the birds into the air. Heracles then shot many of them with his arrows. The rest flew far away, never to return. Heracles brought some of the birds he had killed to Eurystheus and was given the next task of capturing the Cretan Bull.
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