![]() In exchange, Prometheus shared a secret of how to get the apples. Seeing Prometheus in despair, Hercules killed the eagles. He was to be eaten by the eagles and at night, his organs would grow back for the eagles to come back another day to do it all over again. Prometheus was sentenced to be chained for sharing the secret of fire to humans. Hercules journeys on to Mount Caucasus, where Prometheus was imprisioned. Hercules escaped, killed Busiris, and went on his way to the golden apples. Hercules was captured and was almost a human sacrfice. The next challenger was also a son of Posiedon named Busiris. Fighting, fighting, and more fightintg between the two until Hercules lifted him off the ground and crushed him because the Earth was his power source. Next fighter is Antaeus, son of Posiedon. Finally, Nereus gave out the location and Hercules was on his way again. Shape-shifting into anything and everything he could to escape didn’t work. Luckily for Hercules, Nereus knew the location of the garden. Hercules continued on his journey until he hit Illyria, where he fought the sea-god, Nereus. Being a son of Ares meant that you didn’t back down from a fight. During his travels, he was side-tracked by Kyknos, son of Ares. He started to venture off through Libya, Egypt, Arabia, and Asia. In the northern edge of the world is where the golden apples were kept, also guarded Ladon( A hundred-headed dragon) and Hesperides (nymphs and daughters of Atlas).įirst problem Hercules didn’t know where the apples were. Hera, who would never give Hercules the option of sucess won’t let him get the apples. His 11th labor was to bring the king the golden apples that belongs to Zeus as a wedding present from his wife, Hera, Queen of the gods. Hercules presented the apples to Athena who returned them to their garden and their guardians.During this time Greece, Hercules was ordered 12 labors in order to redeem his soul. He presented the apples to his king who returned them immediately as it was unlawful to possess any of Hera’s property. Hercules picked up the apples and hastened to return to Tiryns. The titan put the apples down on the ground and took back his formidable load. He tricked Atlas into taking back the earth while he ostensibly found a more comfortable position. Hercules knew that every man must bear his own burden and Eurystheus would never accept the apples from anyone else. He didn’t want to resume his former position and was pleased to be free. When the deed was done, Atlas returned and told Hercules that he would deliver the apples to Eurystheus himself. Then he took the weight of the earth and sky upon his shoulders while Atlas went to secure the favored fruit. Atlas asked him first to kill Ladon, the monster guarding the apples. When the request was posed to Atlas, the titan was only too happy to get the apples in exchange for being relieved of the burden of holding up the earth and sky. Prometheus cautioned him not to pick the apples by himself but to ask Atlas to do the deed for him and gave instructions on how to reach the elusive gardens which were located in the northern reaches of the world. Hercules agreed to release Prometheus in exchange for this information. Hercules had been told that Prometheus would be able to tell him how to find the Garden of the Hesperides. The liver grew back every night so that the eagle could come again and continue his torture. ![]() In addition to being bound, Prometheus was visited daily by an eagle who pecked at him and ate his liver. There he encountered Prometheus who had been bound in chains to a rock by Zeus for the crime of stealing fire from the heavens. He headed toward Asia when he came to the Caucasus Mountains. Then he headed in a northerly direction where he encountered enemies who tried to stop him. Hercules set about on his venture by heading first to the coast of Africa where he thought he might find the apples. Also guarding them was a hundred-headed dragon by the name of Ladon. For safekeeping, she gave them to the daughters of Atlas, the titan who held up the earth and sky. The apple trees belonged to Hera who had received them as a wedding gift. This labor was one of the most difficult because our hero did not know where to find them. Eurystheus ordered Hercules to go out once again and bring him the golden apples of the Hesperides.
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