In
Greek mythology,
Stymphalus (Στύμφαλος) was a son of
Elatus and Laodice, brother of Pereus,
Aepytus, Ischys and Cyllen. He was the
eponym of the town Stymphalus (now
Stymfalia) and of a spring near it. Stymphalus' sons were
Agamedes, Gortys (eponymous founder of
Gortys, Arcadia) and
Agelaus, himself father of
Phalanthus who reputedly gave his name to a homonymous mountain and a city; Stymphalus also had at least one daughter, Parthenope, the mother of Everes by
Heracles. A "rationalized" version of a myth of the
Stymphalian birds names "a certain
hero" Stymphalus and a woman Ornis (literally "bird") as parents of a set of daughters, the Stymphalides, who were killed by Heracles over the fact that they denied him hospitality but received the
Molionidae.