3/4/2023 0 Comments Golden apples of hesperides![]() So Hercules went to the Atlas mountains, killed the dragon with a poisoned arrow and went looking for Atlas. When he was defeated, told NereusHercules,''sees the Atlas Mountains in Mauritania, Africa, there will have to kill the dragon, after looking at the giant Atlas, pick apples. Finally became a lion, but it was nothing for Hercules. Later became a fireball, but neither was able to Hercules pain. They said no, but they knew who could help, Nereus the old man of the beach.īut he warned that when he found it would do everything possible to get rid of it.When I lay on the sand, hold very strong, and Nereus became water, but not let go. Hercules Well one day he went to find information on the beach, and saw the nymphs and asked if they knew how to reach the apple of Hera. They say this guarded by a hundredheaded dragon, called Ladon. The apple of Hera is a gift from the god Zeus. In the eleventh labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to take him the golden apples of Hera for the king titan. In doing so, he allowed Hercules to retrieve the Apples, make good his escape and carry them back to Eurystheus.īecause the Apples belonged to the gods, they could not remain with Eurystheus and so he had to return them to Athena, who took them back to the garden at the northern edge of the world.Thegoldenapplesof theHesperidesSantiago Vázquez Passannante 3º C Atlas put the apples on the ground, and lifted the burden onto his own shoulders. Hercules slyly agreed, but asked Atlas whether he could take it back again, just for a moment, while he put some soft padding on his shoulders to help him bear the weight of the sky and the earth. On returning with the golden apples, Atlas told Hercules he would take them to Eurystheus himself, and asked Hercules to stay there and hold the heavy load for the rest of time. He would have to send Atlas after them, instead of going himself.Ītlas hated holding up the sky and the earth so much so, that he agreed to the task of fetching the apples, if Hercules would carry the burden of the world. Hercules slew the eagle and in gratitude, Prometheus told Hercules the secret to getting the apples. He was bound to the mountain, and every day a monstrous eagle came and ate his liver, at night, Prometheus' liver grew back, and the next day he had to endure the eagle's painful visit all over again. Prometheus, who had stolen the secret of fire from the Gods, was sentenced by Zeus to a horrible fate. ![]() ![]() But Hercules escaped, killing Busiris, and continued his journey.Įventually he came to the rock on Mount Caucasus where Prometheus was chained. Later, Hercules was captured by Busiris, another of Poseidon's sons, and was led to an altar to be a human sacrifice. Once he had the location, he continued, beset with dangers, Hercules was stopped by Antaeus, the son of the sea god, Poseidon, who also challenged Hercules to fight. After journeying through many lands Hercules arrived in Illyria, where he seized the sea-god Nereus, who knew the garden's secret location. The first task in the quest was to find the location of the Garden.
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