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The Stymphalian birds were defeated by Heracles (Hercules) in his sixth labour for Eurystheus. [5] [6] Heracles could not go into the marsh to reach the nests of the birds, as the ground would not support his weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle called krotala, which Hephaestus had made especially for the occasion.
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Silver obolus from Stymphalos depicting Heracles on the obverse and a Stymphalian bird and inscription ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΑ on the reverse. View of Hadrian's aqueduct.. In ancient Greece, Stymphalos, lying in this valley of northwestern Arcadia, was famous as the site of one of the Labors of Hercules, the slaying of the Stymphalian birds.
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—Preceding unsigned comment added by BaruMonkey (talk • contribs) 15:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC) Good point. Moreover, it seems to be a modern greek translation of the descriptive text, not any sort of classical source. I'll take it out.98.118.145.105 04:25, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds is a 1500 tempera on canvas painting by Albrecht Dürer, now kept in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. [3] History
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