| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Stymphalian birds |
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(st mf ´l n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, dangerous man-eating birds that infested the woods around Lake Stymphalus in Arcadia. As his fifth labor, Hercules frightened the birds into the air with a huge rattle and then killed them. |
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