sixth Labour of Heracles

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The sixth Labour of Heracles is the mythological task in which the hero was ordered to drive away or kill the man-eating Stymphalian Birds that plagued a marsh in Arcadia.

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instanceOf Labour of Heracles
mythological event
assistedBy Athena NERFINISHED
Hephaestus NERFINISHED
associatedDeity Athena NERFINISHED
Hephaestus NERFINISHED
belongsToCycle Heracles myth cycle NERFINISHED
chronologicallyIn mythic age of heroes
commissionedAsPenanceFor killing of Heracles’ family
depictedIn Roman mosaics
ancient Greek vase painting
featuresCreature Stymphalian Birds NERFINISHED
featuresCreatureType man-eating birds
followedBy seventh Labour of Heracles NERFINISHED
follows fifth Labour of Heracles
hasAlternativeName Labour of the Stymphalian Birds NERFINISHED
hasAntagonist Stymphalian Birds NERFINISHED
hasCountry Greece NERFINISHED
hasCulturalOrigin Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
hasEnemyAttribute ability to shoot feathers like arrows
metallic feathers
hasGenre heroic myth
hasGoal to drive away the Stymphalian Birds
to kill the Stymphalian Birds
hasGreekName ἆθλος πρὸς τοῖς Στυμφαλίοις ὄρνισιν
hasHeroicTheme overcoming monstrous nature
hasLocation Arcadia NERFINISHED
Stymphalian marsh NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Heracles NERFINISHED
hasMotif cleansing of a plagued land
divine assistance in heroic task
hasMythology Greek mythology NERFINISHED
hasOutcome Stymphalian Birds driven away
some Stymphalian Birds killed
hasRegion Peloponnese NERFINISHED
hasResultForHeracles completion of sixth labour
hasSettingType marsh
hasSubject Heracles’ trials in service to Eurystheus NERFINISHED
hasTool bronze krotala
hasWeapon Stymphalian bird rattle NERFINISHED
bow and arrows
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek
narratedIn Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) NERFINISHED
Pausanias’ Description of Greece NERFINISHED
orderedBy Eurystheus NERFINISHED
partOf Labours of Heracles NERFINISHED

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Stymphalian Birds labourNumber sixth Labour of Heracles