In my articles on Herakles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, we have considered three of his awesome 12 Labors: Herakles and the Hydra, Herakles’s conquest of the Nemean Lion, and Herakles’s cleansing of the Augean Stables. Now, we come to a lesser-known feat: his triumph over the Stymphalian Birds.
It’s important to know the promise that if Herakles can complete all 12 Labors, he is assured of immortality. Since death is the universal human lot, this is the deepest aspiration of the human soul. In Christian terms, it is like the promise of the Resurrection.
