10 - Obtain the Cows of Geryon - 12 Hercules´ works (sitios de interés)
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Herakles tried to steal the cattle, and killed Orthrus, then Eurythion. Herakles finally kills Geryon, tearing his body into its three pieces. Heracles then had to herd the cattle back to Eurystheus. To annoy Heracles, Hera sent a gadfly to bite the cattle, irritate them and scatter them. Hera then sent a flood which rose the water level of a river so much Heracles could not ford the cattle. He piled stones into the river to make the water shallower. Heracles then had to kill a monster that was half-woman and half-serpent. When he finally reached he court of Eurystheus, the cattle were sacrificed to Hera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeryonAccording to the Greek poet Stesichorus, in his poem the "song of Geryon", and the Greek geographer Strabo, in his book Geographika (volume III), the Hesperides are in Tartessos, a location placed to the south of iberia(Spain).The Greek poet Hesiod said that the ancient name of Cádiz was Erytheia.
Additionally, Hesperides (also called Fortunate Isles) is a name given by the ancients to a series of islands located to the extreme west of the then known world. These may have included the Canary Islands, the Madeira Islands, and Cape Verde.