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- noun A flock of man-eating birds which haunted Lake Stymphalis in Arkadia.
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Examples
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The real history of the place was, that the birds called Stymphalides were a set of Canibal priests.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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Stymphalides, and Lernaean hydra, Cacus, Antheus, the Centaurs, and what not; I am no clericus, those that are such tell me so.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Stymphalides, and Lernaean hydra, Cacus, Antheus, the Centaurs, and what not; I am no clericus, those that are such tell me so.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He sent the hero forth upon a sixth adventure, commanding him to drive away the Stymphalides.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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The Stymphalides could not endure the awful noise and flew, terrified, out of the forest.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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Telling him to use these to drive away the Stymphalides, she disappeared.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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He sent the hero forth upon a sixth adventure, commanding him to drive away the Stymphalides.
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The Stymphalides could not endure the awful noise and flew, terrified, out of the forest.
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-- The sixth task was to chase away the Stymphalides, which were immense birds of prey who, as we have seen (in the legend of the
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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