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Herakles Research Paper

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Dr. Gerald P. Schaus talked about ancient Stymphalos. Stymphalos was a town in the Peloponnese mountains near the ancient Arcadia and it was known for killing the birds by Herakles. There was a river in the Peloponnese, but the water is getting less now. There was a man who visited the site at the lake in 1960. He saw the ancient city, recognize things there, and keep it in mind. Later, he was able to come back and revisit this place. In 1980, UBC worked on a project there. They found two sites, three volumes and a floor mosaic. The Floor mosaic showed 12 labours and Herakles. Since these labours doesn’t look difficult to fight with, the archaeologist thought that Myth exaggerated the story of Herakles. The real excavation started in 1994.

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