#cattle of geryon

[rgraves1]

Stealing the Cattle of Geryon. Source: greekmyths-greekmythology.com

The Tenth Labour: The Cattle of Geryon

HERACLES’S Tenth Labour was to fetch the famous cattle of Geryon from Erytheia, an island near the Ocean stream, without either demand or payment. Geryon, a son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, a daughter of the Titan Oceanus, was the King of Tartessus in Spain, and reputedly the strongest man alive. He had been born with three heads, six hands, and three bodies joined together at the waist. Geryon’s shambling red cattle, beasts of marvellous beauty, were guarded by the herdsman Eurytion, son of Ares, and by the two-headed watchdog Orthrus - formerly Atlas’s property - born of Titan and Echidne. (The Tenth Labour: the Cattle of Geryon, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, pp 494-507).

Heracles had to travel to Spain to undertake this Labour, and when he reached Tartessus he narrowed the channel between Spain and Africa to protect the Mediterranean from sea monsters. He marked his feat by erecting immense pillars on either side of the strait, which forever afterwards were known as the Pillars of Heracles. On arriving at Erytheia Heracles was immediately attacked by the dog Orthrus who was guarding the cattle. Heracles struck the hound dead with his club and when the herdsman Eurytion joined in the attack, he died the same way.

When Geryon heard of this, he challenged Heracles to combat and bore down on him in fury but Heracles was able to kill the three-bodied King of Tartessus by shooting him sideways through the flank with one of his poisoned arrows, so that it pierced all of Geryon’s bodies at once. Heracles even defeated Hera in this encounter, wounding her in the breast with an arrow when the goddess hurried to Geryon’s aid. Heracles was then able to take the cattle without demand or payment. Heracles’ journey back to Greece and Mycenae was eventful, involving many battles, monster-slayings and conquests, although many of these stories were later additions, particularly by the Romans. Graves also points out the close similarity of the Geryon Labour and its aftermath to Babylonian and ancient Irish stories involving Gilgamesh and Cuchulain.

[lionofchaeronea]

A scene of sacrifice. Heracles, readily identifiable by his lionskin and quiver, roasts meat on two spits. A tail rises from the flames; it has been suggested by the scholar Milette Gaifman that this indicates the gods have accepted the sacrifice. A dog rests beneath.

The mythological import of this scene is vigorously disputed among scholars. Some (e.g. G.F. Pinney and B.S. Ridgway) identify the dog as Cerberus and interpret the scene as Heracles returning from his final labor, in which he retrieved Cerberus from Hades. Others, pointing to Side B of the vase, which depicts Helios, Eos (Dawn), and Nyx (Night), prefer to read the scene as Heracles's journey to the western extremity of the Earth to slay Geryon and steal his cattle. It is also possible, as Gaifman points out, that the scene represents an otherwise unknown myth concerning the hero.

Attic black-figure lekythos (perfume container), attributed to the Sappho Painter; ca. 500 BCE (late Archaic period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA. Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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🌟 = Popular // 💫 = My favourite // 🩷 = Requested

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Pick me girls and OM! Cast (gn!reader) 🌟 :

The one where, although MC has a very happy relationship with their boyfriend, some girls just won’t accept it. Luckily for them, their partner is always happy to give a healthy reminder

Part 1 – Older brothers

Part 2 – Younger brothers

Part 3 – Dateables

Pick me boys and MC (gn!reader):

The one where, although MC has a very happy relationship with their boyfriend, some boys just won't accept it. Unfortunately for them, the demons aren't keen on letting you go

Part 1 – Older brothers

Part 2 - Younger brothers (TBA)

Part 3 - Dateables (TBA)

Love potion and OM! Cast (gn!reader):

Solomon teaches MC how to brew a love potion that resembles the one they love the most. MC knows what they smell and see in the potion, but, what about their crush?

Intro – Solomon

Part 1 – Older brothers

Part 2 – Younger brothers 💫

Part 3 – Dateables

Shy gn!reader 🩷 🌟:

Realizing their feelings for the reader: Dateables , Demon Brothers

Reader confessing to their crush: Dateables , Demon Brothers

Their first date: Dateables , Demon Brothers

Reader never dated anymore before him:  Dateables , Demon Brothers (TBA)

He has a nightmare where he rejected you (gn!reader) 🌟:

Part 1 – Lucifer and Mammon

Part 2 – Levi and Satan

Part 3 – Asmo, Beel and Belphie

Part 4 – Diavolo and Barbatos

Part 5 – Solomon and Simeon

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After a hurtful argument with his family, MC vows to serve his brother to earn his forgiveness. He is immediately sent to work for seven brothers in a nearby town. Despite their weird behaviour, MC finds himself enjoying their company more than he would ever admit.

Summary and Disclaimer

The Nemean Lion

The Nine-headed Lernaean Hydra (TBA)

The Ceryneian Hind (TBA)

The Erymanthian Boar (TBA)

The Augean Stables (TBA)

The Stymphalian Birds (TBA)

The Cretan Bull (TBA)

The Mares of Diomedes (TBA)

The Girdle of Hippolyta (TBA)

The Cattle of the Three-bodied giant Geryon (TBA)

The Golden Apples of the Hesperides (TBA)

Cerberus (TBA)

Only the best for you, MC... That's me, right?? (gn!reader):

Once more victims of their lack of prudence, the boys are cursed to experience horrible visions; that is, seeing first hand how their lover, MC, fell in love with their ex.

Lucifer – Similar, but so different

Mammon (TBA)

Leviathan (TBA)

Satan (TBA)

Asmodeus (TBA)

Beelzebub (TBA)

Belphegor (TBA)

Diavolo (TBA)

Barbatos (TBA)

Solomon (TBA)

Simeon (TBA)

:D JOBS (gn!reader, no Luke):

Tender moments with the boys while in the workplace.

Hell's Kitchen, Place2Be for RAD Meals:

Mammon (TBA)

Beelzebub (TBA)

Barbatos (TBA)

Solomon (TBA)

Hocus Pocus, Your Shady Magic Specialist:

Leviathan (TBA)

Satan (TBA)

Akuzon Delivery Center, Delivery To Your Doorstep!:

Mammon (TBA)

Beelzebub (TBA)

Solomon (TBA)

The Fall, Club for the Rich & Famous:

Lucifer (TBA)

Asmodeus (TBA)

Diavolo (TBA)

Barbatos (TBA)

Majolish, Strut Your Magic Stuff:

Mammon (TBA)

Asmodeus (TBA)

Simeon (TBA)

The Royal Library, Devildom History in Books:

Leviathan (TBA)

Satan (TBA)

The Mausoleum, Where The Old Kings Go To Rest:

Lucifer (TBA)

Belphegor (TBA)

Diavolo (TBA)

Ristorante Six, Five-Star Restaurant:

Lucifer (TBA)

Belphegor (TBA)

Simeon (TBA)

ABANDONED PROJECT - The Seven Siblings (no reader):

It's a train ride. It only takes a train ride and seven human siblings for them to notice how different their family could be.

Chapter 1 - The Eldest Brother

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[outsideheadvjd]

As a recent member of the community, I see that, like me, there are many beginners who don't know where to start regarding the myths and birth etc. of the gods, and that's why I decided to make this post. The book above is The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition (English Edition), by Robert Graves and it covers basically everything!: From the creation of the world to Odysseus' journey home. It talks about the births of the gods, their deeds and some heroes. I bought the Portuguese version because I'm Brazilian and it has helped me a lot, so maybe it will help you too. If you are interested, here is the summary of the entire contents of the book (I hope you find something interesting or that you were looking for information :>):

1. THE PELASGIAN CREATION MYTH

2. THE HOMERIC AND ORPHIC CREATION MYTHS

3. THE OLYMPIAN CREATION MYTH

4. TWO PHILOSOPHICAL CREATION MYTHS

5. THE FIVE AGES OF MAN

6. THE CASTRATION OF URANUS

7. THE DETHRONEMENT OF CRONUS

8. THE BIRTH OF ATHENE

9. ZEUS AND METIS

10. THE FATES

11. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE

12. HERA AND HER CHILDREN

13. ZEUS AND HERA

14. BIRTHS OF HERMES, APOLLO, ARTEMIS, AND DIONYSUS

15. THE BIRTH OF EROS

16. POSEIDON’S NATURE AND DEEDS

17. HERMES’S NATURE AND DEEDS

18. APHRODITE’S NATURE AND DEEDS

19. ARES’S NATURE AND DEEDS

20. HESTIA’S NATURE AND DEEDS

21. APOLLO’S NATURE AND DEEDS

22. ARTEMIS’S NATURE AND DEEDS

23. HEPHAESTUS’S NATURE AND DEEDS

24. DEMETER’S NATURE AND DEEDS

25. ATHENE’S NATURE AND DEEDS

26. PAN’S NATURE AND DEEDS

27. DIONYSUS’S NATURE AND DEEDS

28. ORPHEUS

29. GANYMEDES

30. ZAGREUS

31. THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD

32. TYCHE AND NEMESIS

33. THE CHILDREN OF THE SEA

34. THE CHILDREN OF ECHIDNE

35. THE GIANTS’ REVOLT

36. TYPHON

37. THE ALOEIDS

38. DEUCALION’S FLOOD

39. ATLAS AND PROMETHEUS

40. EOS

41. ORION

42. HELIUS

43. THE SONS OF HELLEN

44. ION

45. ALCYONE AND CEYX

46. TEREUS

47. ERECHTHEUS AND EUMOLPUS

48. BOREAS

49. ALOPE

50. ASCLEPIUS

51. THE ORACLES

52. THE ALPHABET

53. THE DACTYLS

54. THE TELCHINES

55. THE EMPUSAE

56. IO

57. PHORONEUS

58. EUROPE AND CADMUS

59. CADMUS AND HARMONIA

60. BELUS AND THE DANAIDS

61. LAMIA

62. LEDA

63. IXION

64. ENDYMION

65. PYGMALION AND GALATEA

66. AEACUS

67. SISYPHUS

68. SALMONEUS AND TYRO

69. ALCESTIS

70. ATHAMAS

71. THE MARES OF GLAUCUS

72. MELAMPUS

73. PERSEUS

74. THE RIVAL TWINS

75. BELLEROPHON

76. ANTIOPE

77. NIOBE

78. CAENIS AND CAENEUS

79. ERIGONE

80. THE CALYDONIAN BOAR

81. TELAMON AND PELEUS

82. ARISTAEUS

83. MIDAS

84. CLEOBIS AND BITON

85. NARCISSUS

86. PHYLLIS AND CARYA

87. ARION

88. MINOS AND HIS BROTHERS

89. THE LOVES OF MINOS

90. THE CHILDREN OF PASIPHAË

91. SCYLLA AND NISUS

92. DAEDALUS AND TALOS

93. CATREUS AND ALTHAEMENES

94. THE SONS OF PANDION

95. THE BIRTH OF THESEUS

96. THE LABOURS OF THESEUS

97. THESEUS AND MEDEA

98. THESEUS IN CRETE

99. THE FEDERALIZATION OF ATTICA

100. THESEUS AND THE AMAZONS

101. PHAEDRA AND HIPPOLYTUS

102. LAPITHS AND CENTAURS

103. THESEUS IN TARTARUS

104. THE DEATH OF THESEUS

105. OEDIPUS

106. THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

107. THE EPIGONI

108. TANTALUS

109. PELOPS AND OENOMAUS

110. THE CHILDREN OF PELOPS

111. ATREUS AND THYESTES

112. AGAMEMNON AND CLYTAEMNESTRA

113. THE VENGEANCE OF ORESTES

114. THE TRIAL OF ORESTES

115. THE PACIFICATION OF THE ERINNYES

116. IPHIGENEIA AMONG THE TAURIANS

117. THE REIGN OF ORESTES

118. THE BIRTH OF HERACLES

119. THE YOUTH OF HERACLES

120. THE DAUGHTERS OF THESPIUS

121. ERGINUS

122. THE MADNESS OF HERACLES

123. THE FIRST LABOUR: THE NEMEAN LION

124. THE SECOND LABOUR: THE LERNAEAN HYDRA

125. THE THIRD LABOUR: THE CERYNEIAN HIND

126. THE FOURTH LABOUR: THE ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

127. THE FIFTH LABOUR: THE STABLES OF AUGEIAS

128. THE SIXTH LABOUR: THE STYMPHALIAN BIRDS

129. THE SEVENTH LABOUR: THE CRETAN BULL

130. THE EIGHTH LABOUR: THE MARES OF DIOMEDES

131. THE NINTH LABOUR: HIPPOLYTE’S GIRDLE

132. THE TENTH LABOUR: THE CATTLE OF GERYON

133. THE ELEVENTH LABOUR: THE APPLES OF THE HESPERIDES

134. THE TWELFTH LABOUR: THE CAPTURE OF CERBERUS

135. THE MURDER OF IPHITUS

136. OMPHALE

137. HESIONE

138. THE CONQUEST OF ELIS

139. THE CAPTURE OF PYLUS

140. THE SONS OF HIPPOCOÖN

141. AUGE

142. DEIANEIRA

143. HERACLES IN TRACHIS

144. IOLE

145. THE APOTHEOSIS OF HERACLES

146. THE CHILDREN OF HERACLES

147. LINUS

148. THE ARGONAUTS ASSEMBLE

149. THE LEMNIAN WOMEN AND KING CYZICUS

150. HYLAS, AMYCUS AND PHINEUS

151. FROM THE SYMPLEGADES TO COLCHIS

152. THE SEIZURE OF THE FLEECE

153. THE MURDER OF APSYRTUS

154. THE ARGO RETURNS TO GREECE

155. THE DEATH OF PELIAS

156. MEDEA AT EPHYRA

157. MEDEA IN EXILE

158. THE FOUNDATION OF TROY

159. PARIS AND HELEN

160. THE FIRST GATHERING AT AULIS

161. THE SECOND GATHERING AT AULIS

162. NINE YEARS OF WAR

163. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES

164. THE DEATH OF ACHILLES

165. THE MADNESS OF AJAX

166. THE ORACLES OF TROY

167. THE WOODEN HORSE

168. THE SACK OF TROY

169. THE RETURNS

170. ODYSSEUS’S WANDERINGS

171. ODYSSEUS’S HOMECOMING

Remembering that this book is not ritualistic and is not necessarily religious, so you will not find much this type of information.

[along-the-silkroad]

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group, Attic, ca. 540–530 BCE. MET (ID: 2010.147). Obverse, Herakles; reverse, Geryon. On the neck, obverse and reverse, a flute-player leading a procession of youths and men

One of the labors of Herakles was to obtain the cattle of Geryon, a creature composed of three fully-armed bodies. Geryon lived on an island in the far west with his herdsman, Eurytion, and dog, Orthros. Here, Herakles takes aim with his arrow against Geryon, one of whose bodies is falling. The subject was popular in the sixth century B.C.; several representations in stone can be seen in the Cypriot galleries on the second floor. The vase is exceptional for its broad and sharply tapering shape that lacks a foot. It is also one of the earliest instances where the protagonists of a story are placed on opposite sides of the body. (MET)

[jpriest85-blog]

Made rough concept art of Chrysaor, the son of Medusa & Poseidon. He's sometimes discribed as a gaint warrior with a golden sword, or a winged boar with golden tusks. I imagine he usually looks humaniod with wings, & golden serpent eyes like his mother, Medusa, but often takes the winged boar form when needed (or to just chill with his twin bro Pegasus).

While he's less well known than his twin brother Pegasus, he's a fierce warrior as well as a devoted husband to his Oceanid wife, Callirhoe. Tbh most folks are probably more familair with his kids, Geryon, the 3 headed gaint with a prize herd of cattle Hercules fought for his 10 labor. As well as his daughter Echidna, the infamous Mother of Monsters.

Tbh it's a shame his kids turned out like that. Despite Chrysaor having a terrifying gaze, which makes it hard for most people to look at him. So I depicted his face mostly in shadow, other than his eyes and mouth. Tbh he's actually pretty handsome & looks a lot like his dad Poseidon if u belive his wife, aunts, & step-mom Amphitrite, since they're some of the few people able to look directly at his face. I headcanon Chrysaor was actually pretty soft spoken & friendly guy. Don't get me wrong he was still a terrifying warrior on the battle field, he did train & become close with his cousin Ares after all. He probably would have been happier if he got the chance to stay with his wife & kids & became a house husband (altho a very intimidating & terrifying looking one). Unfortunatliy his dad is Poseidon, lord of the seas & an Olympian so Chrysaor is kind of pressured into seeking honor & glory.

[winterspellsfrozenkit]

Ortho and ORTHO headcanon

With Book 7, episode 113 having that little nightmare scene of Idia's where the Phantom Ortho greeted him, I wanted to delve into my headcanon on what happened to the deceased Ortho after Book 6. For short hand, I'm going to use Ortho for the deceased Ortho Shroud and ORTHO for Humanoid Ortho, just to make writing simpler.

In short, my head canon is that Ortho's soul went into ORTHO, but he's not in control of ORTHO. Let me explain:

Starting off, Ortho/ORTHO appears to get his name from Orthros, the two headed dog killed by Heracles/Hercules during his labor to get the cattle of Geryon and Orthros is a brother of Cerberus. ORTHO's Cerberus Gear seems to support this theory that he's based on Cerberus and Orthros.

Since Cerberus is likely his inspiration, I'm gonna go into Cerberus a bit. I've always viewed Cerberus as three dogs with separate and distinct personalities sharing a body and emotions. In Disney's Hercules, we only see Cerberus a couple of times, but in his first scene, it gives off the idea that Cerberus's heads are separate thinkers due to the fact they fight over the steak Hades throws. If Cerberus had only one brain and the extra heads acted like limbs, it shouldn't matter which head got the steak.

That being said, Cerberus's heads do seem to share emotions and sensations, as Hercules is able to control Cerberus by grabbing one head's ears to direct the body, and when Hercules walks down that head's face, the other two heads also cowered along with it.

Now back to Ortho and ORTHO. In Book 6, episode 76, when Idia talks to the deceased Ortho, Ortho is manifesting using ORTHO's body.

Ortho tells Idia he needs to keep living, confirms at the end of his speech that he'll always be with Idia and encourages Idia to not give up and afterwards, he fades away. However, there is one distinct thing he does right before he says this: He changes from Ortho's "Nii-chan/Idy", to ORTHO's "Nii-san/Idia". This is important because later, ORTHO tells Idia that "Ortho is right here."

Going back to that speech change, I read it as the moment where Ortho decided to merge his human soul into ORTHO's memory card, so he could stay with and help encourage Idia. However, ORTHO is not Ortho, but like Orthros and Cerberus, they now share a body, but rather than having two heads with separate minds, Ortho chooses to stay dormant inside ORTHO. I believe it's because 1. he's knows that because he's dead, if he took over ORTHO's body it'd cause more harm to Idia than good and 2. he wants ORTHO to have the chance to choose to live how ORTHO wants, which was the choice Ortho and Idia were never offered. As a result, Ortho only shares his feelings with ORTHO, but not his conscious thoughts, much like how Cerberus's heads share sensations and emotions, but are still three separate heads.

ORTHO is his own self, but he can sense the deceased Ortho inside and deceased Ortho's feelings linger around. Ortho's soul being in ORTHO also explains why ORTHO can no longer be reprogrammed as he shares his human will to ORTHO, which protects ORTHO's consciousness and ability to make choices without the fear of being reprogrammed. In short, ORTHO is free to make his own decisions, but both Ortho and ORTHO are there, willing to help and guard their big brother.

Also, quick note, but looking to the fact that Idia is not only compared to Hades, but Hercules, it ties in nicely that, in a way, Idia and ORTHO did succeed in saving their brother from his tragic death, like how Hercules brought Meg back from hers in the Disney movie.

Now how does that play into Book 7?

When Idia falls into the nightmare, ORTHO declares that he will definitely come back for him before he retreats. I think this is where deceased Ortho decided to manifest for a bit. When ORTHO was able to get back to Idia's dream room, Ortho, as a soul of a deceased human, was able to delve deeper into Idia's dream to the nightmare level Idia was at, where ORTHO couldn't risk going without being lost. When he got to Idia, he chose to manifest as his Phantom body to force Idia to face the truth of reality and give him a kick in the pants. Also, he might've been a tad insulted that Idia dreamed for him to go to RSA. After all, when he was alive, he just wanted to always be with his brother, so the fact Idia's wish for him was to go to the school that's NRC's RIVAL? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that ticked Ortho off. Hence the heckling he gave Idia.

Once Idia went back to the main dream, I think Ortho retreated back into ORTHO, relieved that his elder brother was back where their younger brother could help him.

But that's just my head canon.

[aliciavance4228]

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 107 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "When Helios (the Sun) made him [Herakles] hot as he proceeded, he aimed his bow at the god and stretched it; Helios was so surprised at his daring that he gave him a golden goblet, in which he crossed Okeanos (Oceanus) [to reach Erytheia] . . . He then loaded the cattle [of Geryon] into the goblet, sailed back to Tartessos, and returned the goblet to Helios."

Literally Heracles:

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Summaries under the cut

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler

Alice always thought fairy tales had happy endings. That--along with everything else--changed the day she met her first fairy

When Alice's father goes down in a shipwreck, she is sent to live with her uncle Geryon--an uncle she's never heard of and knows nothing about. He lives in an enormous manor with a massive library that is off-limits to Alice. But then she meets a talking cat. And even for a rule-follower, when a talking cat sneaks you into a forbidden library and introduces you to an arrogant boy who dares you to open a book, it's hard to resist. Especially if you're a reader to begin with. Soon Alice finds herself INSIDE the book, and the only way out is to defeat the creature imprisoned within.

It seems her uncle is more than he says he is. But then so is Alice.

Troy by Adele Geras

The Siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city food is (Malacca). and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus The Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite. Goddess of Love. is bored with the endless. dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow. the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war. love strikes the deadliest blows.

Casson Family by Hilary McKay

The four Casson children, whose mother, Eve, is a fine-arts painter, have all been given the names of paint colors. Cadmium (Caddy), is the eldest; then Saffron (Saffy); Indigo, the only boy; and Rose, the youngest. When Saffy discovers quite by accident that she has been adopted, she is deeply upset, though the others assure her that it makes no difference at all. Saffy is the daughter of Eve's twin sister, who lived in Siena, Italy, and died in a car crash. Grandad brought Saffy, as a very small child, back from Siena.

At Grandad's death he leaves something to each of the children. To Saffy, it is "her angel," although no one knows its identity. How Saffy discovers what her angel is, with the help of an energetic new friend, lies at the heart of this enchanting story.

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg

A lonely girl discovers a magical world and a new friend when she meets a young witch on Halloween.

Unicorns of Balinor by Mary Stanton

After a terrible riding accident, Ari cannot remember anything of her past and is sent to live on a farm with foster parents. What Ari doesn't know is that she is not from our world, but from Balinor, a land of sorcerers and unicorns! Her parents, the King and Queen, sent her to Earth to protect her from a raging war before they were banished from their homeland. Now Ari--Princess Arianna--has found the road back to Balinor. As she struggles to remember her heritage, she must face the challenge of restoring peace to Balinor.

The Divide by Elizabeth Kay

When Felix and his parents visit the Divide in Costa Rica, a place where the waters that run down to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans separate, he faints and wakes to discover an amazing back-to-front world where mythical creatures are real and humans and science are legend.

Phantom Stallion by Terri Farley

When 13-year-old Samantha returns home to her family′s cattle ranch in Nevada, she′s worried. She moved away two years ago to recover from a bad fall off her beloved mustang, Blackie, and she′s still not sure she can get back in the saddle. Her new colt doesn′t seem to like her, and the other ranchers treat her like the boss′s spoiled daughter, and Blackie has been missing since that fateful day. But that′s just the beginning. When Sam suddenly finds the fate of a mysterious mustang who may or may not be the missing Blackie - resting in her hands, she has to learn to be a real cowgirl, ready or not.

Miri and Molly by Annie Barrows

Miri is the only single child in the middle of a family with two sets of twins--older brothers and younger sisters. When the family moves to an old farmhouse Miri accidentally travels back in time to 1935 only to discover Molly, a girl in need of a real family to call her own.

Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made in the 1930s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne. Each of the 68 rooms is designed in the style of a different historic period, and every detail is perfect, from the knobs on the doors to the candles in the candlesticks. Some might even say, the rooms are magic.

Imagine—what if you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you were small enough to sneak inside and explore the rooms’ secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind?

Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French

Her name was Heidi, and she was Hitler's daughter.

It began on a rainy morning in Australia, as part of a game played by Mark and his friends. It was a storytelling game, and the four friends took turns weaving tales about fairies and mermaids and horses. But Anna's story was different this time: it was not a fairy tale or an adventure story. The story was about a young girl who lived during World War II. Her name was Heidi, and she was Hitler's daughter.

As Anna's story unfolds, Mark is haunted by the image of Hitler's daughter. He wonders what he would have done in her place if he had known his father was an evil man leading the world into a war that was destroying millions of lives. And if Mark had known, would he have had the power and determination to stop him?

[lionofchaeronea]

Didrachm minted at Rome between 264 and 255 BCE, in the early years of the First Punic War. The obverse features Hercules, wearing a diadem and lionskin, with his club on his shoulder. This may reflect the importance of Hercules-cult in Rome of the Early and Middle Republic: a temple of Hercules Victor stood in the Forum Boarium, and legend held that the hero had defeated the fire-monster Cacus on that spot while returning from Spain with the cattle of Geryon. The reverse features the she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, with the inscription ROMANO below. The overall design of the didrachm, combining the quintessential Greek hero with the founding legend of Rome, points to Rome's growing international ambitions at the time of its minting: having recently completed its conquest of the Italian peninsula, including the culturally Greek area known as Magna Graecia, Rome sought to advertise itself on the wider Greek scene as it contended with Carthage for mastery of Sicily.

Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic

[ghostking-nico-diangelo]

It was the morning after we talked to Bianca's ghost. I didn't sleep that night, I cried a lot and had thousands of thoughts about literally everything. By twilight I felt more dead than alive, my body was stiff. I used one of Geryon's robes, I wrapped it around me, held it close.

I went with the others to the cattle guard to say good bye. Percy looked at me and I saw deep worry in his eyes, but I looked away when he said:"Nico, you could come with us!" I shook my head. "I need time to think" My voice cracked. My feelings were still in a huge fight. I was angry with him, with Bianca...with myself. If I didn't need to bring my sister back, then I wouldn't have a purpose on earth.

"Nico" Annabeth said "Bianca just wants you to be okay" She put her hand on my shoulder, but I pulled away and trudged up the road back towards the ranch house.

[tylermileslockett]

Heracles labor 10: "Retrieve the Cattle of Geryon" Appollodorus writes,  "As a tenth labour he was ordered to fetch the kine of Geryon from Erythia. Now Erythia was an island near the ocean; it is now called Gadira. This island was inhabited by Geryon, son of Chrysaor by Callirrhoe, daughter of Ocean. He had the body of three men grown together and joined in one at the waist, but parted in three from the flanks and thighs. He owned red kine, of which Eurytion was the herdsman and Orthus, the two-headed hound, begotten by Typhon on Echidna, was the watchdog. So journeying through Europe to fetch the kine of Geryon he destroyed many wild beasts and set foot in Libya,  and proceeding to Tartessus he erected as tokens of his journey two pillars over against each other at the boundaries of Europe and Libya. But being heated by the Sun on his journey, he bent his bow at the god, who in admiration of his hardihood, gave him a golden goblet in which he crossed the ocean. And having reached Erythia he lodged on Mount Abas. However the dog, perceiving him, rushed at him; but he smote it with his club, and when the herdsman Eurytion came to the help of the dog, Hercules killed him also."

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[thirdlotusprince3]

Most Likely To Ninjago {Description below}

Slaying the Nemean lion

Slaying the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra

Capturing the Ceryneian Hind

Capturing the Erymanthian Boar

Cleaning the Augean stables in a single day

Slaying the Stymphalian birds

Capturing the Cretan Bull

Stealing the Mares of Diomedes

Obtaining the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons

Obtaining the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon

Stealing three of the golden apples of the Hesperides

Capturing and bringing back Cerberus

[jpriest85-blog]

Some concept art of Geryon & his hearding dog/nephew Orthus. It seems like he takes after his uncle Polyphemus, monsterious gaint decended from Poseidon, with live stock that gets robbed by a Greek hero. Only Geryon has even more reason to hate Heracles since many of the monsters he's killed are his sister, Echidna's, kids. Son of Zeus or not, how fucking dare he?! Also kinda sus Helios helped Heracles with taking the cattle. Who wants to bet those cows Ody's crew got killed over used to belong to Geryon's herd?