The bull swam to Sicily and then made its way to the neighboring country. At Rhegium, a bull got loose and jumped into the sea. In Liguria, two sons of Poseidon, the god of the sea, tried to steal the cattle, so he killed them. The stealing of the cattle was not such a difficult task, compared to the trouble Hercules had bringing the herd back to Greece. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München Side A: Hercules, Geryon, the dog Orthros Hercules fought with him and shot him dead with his arrows. Just as Hercules was escaping with the cattle, Geryon attacked him. Another herdsman in the area reported these events to Geryon. ![]() Not long after he arrived, Orthus, the two-headed dog, attacked Hercules, so Hercules bashed him with his club. Sailing in a goblet which the Sun gave him in admiration, Hercules reached the island of Erythia. The strait Hercules made when he broke the mountain apart is now called the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, the gateway from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. Either way, these mountains became known as the Gates or Pillars of Hercules. Other accounts say that Hercules split one mountain into two. Here, Apollodorus tells us, Hercules built two massive mountains, one in Europe and one in Libya, to commemorate his extensive journey. ![]() Hercules set off on for Erythia, encountering and promptly killing many wild beasts along the way, and he came to the place where Libya met Europe. On this island, Geryon kept a herd of red cattle guarded by Cerberus's brother, Orthus, a two-headed hound, and the herdsman Eurytion. Geryon lived on an island called Erythia, which was near the boundary of Europe and Libya. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums Harvard 1972.42, Attic black figure amphora, c. bore a son who was the strongest of all men, Geryones, whom mighty Heracles killed in sea-girt Erythea for the sake of his shambling oxen. It seems that Geryon had three heads and three sets of legs all joined at the waist.Īnd the daughter of Ocean, Callirrhoe. With such distinguished lineage, it is no surprise that Geryon himself was quite unique. Chrysaor had sprung from the body of the Gorgon Medusa after Perseus beheaded her, and Callirrhoe was the daughter of two Titans, Oceanus and Tethys. Geryon was the son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe. Eurystheus ordered the hero to bring him the cattle of the monster Geryon. To accomplish his tenth labor, Hercules had to journey to the end of the world. ![]() Hercules' Tenth Labor: the Cattle of Geryon
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