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[[File:Arkadia-StymphalosArmoredBird1.jpg|thumb|250px|The monument]] | [[File:Arkadia-StymphalosArmoredBird1.jpg|thumb|250px|The monument]] | ||
The '''Stymphalos Armored Bird''' was a giant tree in the vague shape of a bird, which had been adorned with colossal pieces of armor and metal, located above the village of [[Stymphalos]] within the [[Golden Fields]] of [[Arkadia]], [[Greece]]. The monument commemorated the slaying of the [[Stymphalian birds]] by [[Herakles]], as the sixth of his [[Labours of Hercules|twelve labours]]. | |||
'''Stymphalos Armored Bird''' was a tree in the vague shape of a bird, which had been adorned with colossal pieces of armor and metal, located above the village of [[Stymphalos]] within the [[Golden Fields]] of [[Arkadia]], [[Greece]]. The monument commemorated the slaying of the [[Stymphalian birds]] by [[Herakles]], as the sixth of his [[Labours of Hercules|twelve labours]]. | |||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the site on the request of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]]. There, she recovered a scroll written by the late [[Athens|Athenian]] generall [[Themistokles]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Locations in Arkadia]] | [[Category:Locations in Arkadia]] | ||
[[Category:Locations in Golden Fields]] | [[Category:Locations in Golden Fields]] | ||
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[[Category:Monuments]] | [[Category:Monuments]] | ||
[[Category:Statues]] | [[Category:Statues]] | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 8 August 2019
- "Let's hope Herakles killed all of the Stymphalian birds."
- ―Kassandra[src]

The Stymphalos Armored Bird was a giant tree in the vague shape of a bird, which had been adorned with colossal pieces of armor and metal, located above the village of Stymphalos within the Golden Fields of Arkadia, Greece. The monument commemorated the slaying of the Stymphalian birds by Herakles, as the sixth of his twelve labours.
During the Peloponnesian War, the misthios Kassandra visited the site on the request of Artaxerxes I of Persia. There, she recovered a scroll written by the late Athenian generall Themistokles[1]
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Another view of the monument
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