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A-Z: General definitions: Heracles and the Stymphalian Birds
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The sixth labour of Heracles. Great flocks of birds lived in the woods around Lake Stymphalus. They may have been a nuisance purely through their numbers, although one authority describes them as huge, man-eating birds with bronze beaks. Heracles frightened them into flight with a bronze rattle, and then shot them, possibly with a sling.
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A lake in Arcadia.
Greek hero, famous for his Twelve Labours; he was deified after his death. (Roman name, Hercules.)
Greek hero, famous for his Twelve Labours; he was deified after his death. (Roman name, Hercules.)
Grandson of Zeus and so great-grandson of Cronos. The setter of the Labours of Heracles.
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