Stymphalian Birds

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creatures from Greek mythology monstrous birds mythological creature

The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating, bronze-beaked birds from Greek mythology whose defeat by Heracles formed one of his Twelve Labours.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Stymphalian Birds canonical 4
Mares of Diomedes 1
Stymphalian birds myth 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creatures from Greek mythology ⓘ
monstrous birds ⓘ
mythological creature ⓘ
ability to shoot their feathers like arrows ⓘ
to swarm in large flocks ⓘ
aidedOpponent Athena ⓘ
Hephaestus ⓘ
associatedDeity Ares ⓘ
attribute bronze beaks ⓘ
man-eating ⓘ
metallic feathers ⓘ
sharp claws ⓘ
category Creatures of Heracles ⓘ
Legendary birds ⓘ
Monsters in Greek mythology ⓘ
defeatedBy Heracles ⓘ
defeatedUsing bronze krotala ⓘ
rattle given by Athena ⓘ
diet human flesh ⓘ
drivenAwayBy Heracles ⓘ
enemyOf Heracles ⓘ
habitat Arcadia ⓘ
Lake Stymphalus ⓘ
killedBy bow of Heracles ⓘ
surface form: arrows of Heracles
labourNumber sixth Labour of Heracles ⓘ
labourOf Heracles ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterEncounteredBy Argonauts ⓘ
mentionedIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca

Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
surface form: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History

Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
namedAfter Lake Stymphalus ⓘ
notableFor being defeated by Heracles ⓘ
being one of the Twelve Labours of Heracles ⓘ
opposedBy Heracles ⓘ
region Peloponnese ⓘ
repelledBy Argonauts clashing shields and weapons ⓘ
roleInArgonautica attacked the Argonauts on the island of Ares ⓘ
someFledTo island of Ares ⓘ
someSurvived yes ⓘ
symbolism overcoming overwhelming threats ⓘ
savage violence ⓘ
threatened inhabitants of the region around Lake Stymphalus ⓘ
weaponAgainstThem bow of Heracles ⓘ
surface form: bow and arrows of Heracles

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heracles → labour → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
Heracles → labour → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mares of Diomedes
Heracles → killed → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
Eurystheus → orderedLabor → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
GreekMonsters → includes → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
this entity surface form: StymphalianBirds
Stymphalia → knownFor → Stymphalian Birds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stymphalian birds myth