| The Original Stymphalian Birds | |
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Origin |
Perdix (nephew of Daedalus) |
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Year of Creation |
Apprx. 7th-9th centuries BCE |
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Type |
Mechanical Automous Birds |
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Function |
Deadly killing machines |
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Modifications |
Deactivated and sealed |
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Location |
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Collected by |
Jane Coplin, Herman T. Schwab and Amelia Earhart |
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Retrieval |
Jan, 27th 1933 |
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eOrigin[]
Perdix (Ancient Greek: Πέρδιξ means "partridge") was a nephew and student of Daedalus in Greek mythology. In the Greek myth, Daedalus' was so envious of his nephew, Perdix's accomplishments that he took an opportunity, when they were together one day on the top of a high tower, to push him off. But Athena, who favors ingenuity, saw him falling and arrested his fate by changing him into a bird called after his name, the perdix (partridge).
However, in reality, perdix fell and survived this deadly fall. With anger at his uncle, Perdix designed a set of mechanical birds made of bronze, poisonous tipped metallic feathers that could shoot out during flight. These birds were released near Lake Stymphalia to test their deadliness around people, which backfired on Perdix and they killed him. Hercules in the Greek myth had used a special rattle that acted like a ancient EMP device that disabled the birds which allowed them to be stored and put away into a mechanical pithos. The birds are modeled after the Partridge.
Effects[]
When active, the birds become deadly killing machines.
Collection[]
On May 20th, 1933 workers in Arcadia, Greece accidentally uncover a mechanical pithos with Greek inscriptions, which before Warehouse agents could get there, the locals activated the unlocking mechanism to the pithos and released The Original Stymphalian Birds.
Setting flight into the sky after 7 days of terror, Auguste and agents Jane Coplin, Herman T. Schwab and even part time agent, Amelia Earhart take along Hercules' Rattle and Jules Léotard's Net to ensnare the birds. Using the rattle, they were successfully able to attract the birds with the rattle and ensnare them with the net. Returning to the Warehouse, they placed the mechanical birds inside the pithos they were released in and finally placed inside the Warehouse.