- Lake
Stymphalia (Gr****: Λίμνη Στυμφαλία - Límnē
Stymphalía) is
located in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese, in Corinthia,
southern Greece. It...
- The birds'
appellation is
derived from
their dwelling in a
swamp in
Stymphalia. The
Stymphalian birds are man-eating
birds with
beaks of bronze, sharp...
- 1930.
Since 1982,
excavations of the site on the
north s**** of Lake
Stymphalia have been
under way,
directed by
Hector Williams for the
University of...
- The
Stymphalia chub (Squalius moreoticus) is a
species of ray-finned fish in the
family Cyprinidae. It is
found in Lake
Stymphalia and in the Vouraikos...
-
Pelasgus stymphalicus, also
known as the dáska or
stymphalia minnow, is a
threatened species of
small freshwater fish. It is a short-lived species, and...
- poet
Pisander of
Camirus that
Heracles did not kill the
birds of Lake
Stymphalia, but that he
drove them away by
playing on crotala.
Based on this, the...
- Hera. Hera was also
worshipped as a virgin:
there was a
tradition in
Stymphalia in
Arcadia that
there had been a
triple shrine to Hera the Girl (Παις...
- waters. In
relation to
these myths Artemis was
worshipped as
Saronia and
Stymphalia . The myth of a
goddess who is
chased and then
falls in the sea is related...
- Furthermore,
their dung was
highly toxic. They had
migrated to Lake
Stymphalia in Arcadia,
where they bred
quickly and took over the countryside, destroying...
- here the
youngest daughters of
Boeotian Asopus by
Metope who came from
Stymphalia in Arcadia. Both are
abducted by the god Zeus, one
carried to the island...
