The Stymphalian birds are a group of voracious birds in Greek mythology. The birds' appellation is derived from their dwelling in a swamp in Stymphalia.
Stymphalian birds
Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds by Albrecht Dürer, 1500.
Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds' by Gustave Moreau, c 1872
Kayseri Herakles Lahdi
Stymphalus or Stymphalos was a town in the northeast of ancient Arcadia.
View of Hadrian's aqueduct
Silver obolus from Stymphalos depicting Heracles on the obverse and a Stymphalian bird and inscription ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΑ on the reverse.
Archaeological site