McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Stymphalia

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Stymphalia


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in Grecian mythology, a surname of Artemis, or Diana, derived from the town of Stymphalus, in Arcadia, where a temple was erected to this goddess. It contained her image in wood, heavily gilded, and also one of the Stymphalides whom Hercules slew (Pausan. 8, 22, 5; Apollod. 2, 5, 2, etc.).