stymphalian birds, raiders, Zeus of lycanthropy, Raiders defending them selves in bushes from Greeks represented by wolves

Stymphalian birds, raiders, Zeus of lycanthropy, Raiders defending them selves in bushes from Greeks represented by wolves
by valpetridis @ 2008-06-14 - 18:55:43
Stymphalian birds, raiders, Zeus of lycanthropy, Raiders defending them selves in bushes from Greeks represented by wolves
The Stymphalian birds were said to metal brass winged birds that lived near the lake of Stymphalia in Attica. They were said to have metal claws and their feathers could be shot at people. Hercules was given a clapper or rattle from Athena and Hephaestus to scare the birds out of the vegetation like thick bushes around the lake where Hercules shot them with his bow.The eagle represents the pre Greeks who lived around Stymphalian Lake. They were clad in armour and had metal claws. They used feathers in their missile weapons. In Greek the word to take flight also means to be thrown, the Greek word petaksan is best translated into took flight. when Hercules scared the people represented by the eagles from their living areas he attacked them using missile weapons, thus the Greeks struck a victory over the people who lived in dense brush and were thus fairly impervious to missile attacks and well defended by the brush. Part of the tale claims the birds came to the area of the lake to escape wolves or peoples represented as wolves as the wolves could not attack them in this area. The wolves might have been the Greeks who became the licodemian Greeks amongst others and believed Zeus was symbolised by the wolf and was a lycanthrope. The people represented by the wolves ran the metal eagle’s into the brush for defense and this strong defense position became a task for Hercules and the Greeks he repre4sents, meaning the Greeks that accompanied him to rid the lake area of these raiders said to have ravaged the country side and raided food and living areas of the Greeks.
Next task later tonight,