The Labors of Hercules: The Golden Apples Traditional Cache
Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking: Much as I loved this one, and this series, I cant maintain it. Mike's job went into overload and my body isnt up to this terrain.
The Labors of Hercules: The Golden Apples
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PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE TRAVEL BUGS IN THIS CACHE. The cache frequently gets taken and has to be replaced. Small tupperware in a tree. Caution: ground is riddled with burrows and may collapse underfoot. Cache is in public park.
Warning: Do not pick any fruit. There are signs offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing fruit.
This cache is part of a series of 13 caches called the Labors of Hercules with a bonus cache to be found later. Your task is to perform the geocaching equivalent of the Labors of Hercules. For the eleventh labor, Hercules had to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. You will be looking for a small tupperware container in the trunk of a tree near these golden apples.
The myth of Hercules
As part of his punishment for some brutal acts of violence against his family, Hercules was required to perform 10 labors to the satisfaction of King Eurystheus. The king rejected 2 of them and required he perform 2 additional tasks.
The myth of the Apples of the Hesperides
King Eurystheus commanded Hercules to bring him golden apples which belonged to Zeus, king of the gods. These apples were kept in a garden at the northern edge of the world, and they were guarded not only by a hundred-headed dragon, but also by the Hesperides, nymphs who were daughters of Atlas, the titan who held the sky and the earth upon his shoulders. Hercules didn’t know where this garden was located. After a long search, with many battles, he was told to ask Atlas to retrieve the apples. Atlas would do it only if Hercules would carry the world on his shoulders for awhile. After retrieving the apples, Atlas was reluctant to carry the world again. Hercules managed to trick him into taking over that burden.
The following is background information and is not needed to complete this cache.
The City of Phoenix is built on the ashes of a prior culture. For that reason Darrel Duppa named Phoenix for the ancient mythological creature.
Agatha Christie once wrote a collection of short stories called the Labors of Hercules in which her detective Hercule Poirot would retire after completing his own 12 labors loosely based on the Greek mythology of Hercules.
It is in honor of both of these that we put together this series.
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Ybpngrq nobir gur tebhaq va gur gehax bs n gerr. Gur gerr vf nobhg 15 srrg sebz n urngre naq arne gur gna tnf/ hgvyvgl cvcvat.