Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast

34- Heracles/Hercules Part VIII: The Stymphalian Birds

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The shareholders have agreed that the Heracles Cleaning Company is branching out today, because we're going to deal with a pest species running riot in Stymphalus! How many birds? A million, you say? Well, maybe or maybe not...


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