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Stymphalus
In
Greek mythology
,
Stymphalus
or
Stymphalos
may
refer to
the following personages:
Stymphalus, one of the
sons
of King
Lycaon of Arcadia
.
Stymphalus,
king of
Arcadia
and son of
Elatus
and
Laodice
.
Stymphelus
, a son of
Ares
and
Dormothea
, who threw himself into the
Arcadian
river
Nyctimus
grieving
over the
death
of his
brother
Alcmaeon
, whereupon
the river
was
renamed
Stymphelus after him and
bore
this name until it was
changed
to
Alpheus
,
allegedly
after a
descendant
of
Helios
who too flung himself
into the river
to
escape
prosecution
by the
Erinyes
over the
murder
of his brother
Cercaphus
.