STYMPHALIAN


Meaning of STYMPHALIAN in English

(ˈ)stim|fālēən, -lyən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Greek stymphali os Stymphalian (from Stymphalos Stymphalus, mountain in Arcadia near the lake formerly called Stymphalis and now called Zaraka) + English -an

: of or relating to Lake Zaraka in Arcadia that according to Greek mythology was haunted by man-eating birds slain by Hercules

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