Stymphalos (son of Elatos)

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Stymphalos ( Greek  Στύμφαλος ) is the eponymous founder of the city of Stymphalos in Greek mythology .

He is the son of Elatos and brother of Pereus, according to the library of Apollodorus his mother is Laodike . Plutarch gives Ares as his father and Dormothea as his mother . With Pausanias he has the sons Agamedes , Gortys and Agelaos , with Apollodorus the daughter Parthenope .

After Apollodorus he was king of Arcadia . Pelops , the son of Tantalus and King of Phrygia, feigned his friendship and killed him. As a result, there were crop failures all over Greece, which only ended when Aiakos, on the advice of an oracle, pleaded for them to end.

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  1. a b Library of Apollodor 3,9,1
  2. Pausanias 8: 4, 2.
  3. Plutarch : De fluviorum et montium nominibus et de iis quae in illis inveniuntur 19.
  4. Pausanias 8: 4, 8.
  5. Libraries of Apollodor 2,7,8
  6. Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 12, 6