The Stymphalian birds were defeated by Heracles (Hercules) in his sixth labour for Eurystheus
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The Sixth Labour of Heracles
Diana Pau
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These fly against those who come to hunt them, wounding and killing them with their beaks. All armour of bronze or iron that men wear is pierced by the birds; but if they weave a garment of thick cork, the beaks of the Stymphalian birds are caught in the cork garment, just as the wings of small birds stick in bird-lime. These birds are of the size of a crane, and are like the ibis, but their beaks are more powerful, and not crooked like that of the ibis.
— Pausanias. Description of Greece, 8.22.5
The Stymphalian birds were defeated by Heracles (Hercules) in his sixth labour for Eurystheus
created for Magnificient Manipulated Masterpieces:New Challenge 173 ~TWELVE LABOR OF HERCULES
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The Sixth Labour of Heracles
Diana Pau
~~~
These fly against those who come to hunt them, wounding and killing them with their beaks. All armour of bronze or iron that men wear is pierced by the birds; but if they weave a garment of thick cork, the beaks of the Stymphalian birds are caught in the cork garment, just as the wings of small birds stick in bird-lime. These birds are of the size of a crane, and are like the ibis, but their beaks are more powerful, and not crooked like that of the ibis.
— Pausanias. Description of Greece, 8.22.5