Hercules completed his ninth labor and laid the belt of Queen Hippolyta at the feet of
King Eurystheus but the king gave him no rest and assigned his next task immediately obtaining the
cattle of geryon from Eurasia was Hercules as tenth task these cattle were magnificent
beasts with coats made red by the red light of the sunset the danger in this task though was
the fact that the cattle were owned by Gerry on Gerry on himself was enormous he had three
bodies three heads six arms and six feet Jerian was the son of Kali r ho who was the daughter
of Oceanus and tifos which made Gerry on the grandson of the Titans on his Island Gerry on
kept a herd of red cattle guarded by Sri Boris's brother orthis a two-headed hound and the fierce
herdsmen eurasian task 10 cattle of Gerry on Hercules set off on for Eurasia encountering
and promptly killing many wild beasts along the way after long wandering through desert
country he came at last to a fruitful land through which great streams flowed here he
founded a city of vast size which he named Hecate Apollo's which means city of a hundred gates when
Hercules reached the most Western point of his journey he split a mountain in half creating the
Strait of Gibraltar these mountains were later known as The Pillars of Hercules Hercules then
crossed the Libyan desert after traveling through the desert for three days and three
nights Hercules was so hot and thirsty by night he got so angry that he shot an arrow at the sun
Helios or the Sun God was not mad at Hercules his failed attempt to kill him instead Helios admired
Hercules his courage and granted him a golden cup this wasn't a cup for drinking for you see it was
a cup that would allow the last leg of Hercules journey it was a special cup that Hercules was
going to sail in to the island of iridium the golden boat allowed Hercules to quickly
sail irithrea and on the island shoreline the hero landed not long after he arrived orthis
the two-headed dog attacked Hercules so Hercules bashed him with his club killing him in a single
stroke he also killed the giant herdsmen who came to help the dog just as Hercules was hurrying away
with the cattle he was confronted by Jerry on himself Hercules exhausted from his travels took
out an arrow and dipped it in the poisonous blood from the lernaean hydra and shot Jerry on in each
of his three heads killing him instantly Hera however was not about to let the hero accomplish
this labor when Hercules reached Thrace Hera sent a swarm of gadflies to bite the cattle
when the gadfly's started biting the cattle they got scared and scattered all over the island it
took Hercules a whole year to gather back all the cattle and continue his journey Hera then
caused the river Strymon to flood to make it impassable the flood was only a minor setback
Hercules threw rocks into the river until it was shallow enough for the cattle to safely cross it
eventually Hercules returned to the court of King Eurystheus driving the cattle of cherian before him
once again Eurystheus was disappointed by the fact that Hercules had not died in the attempting
of the task taking the cattle from the hero Eurystheus sacrificed all of the herd to his
benefactor Hera Eurystheus wasted no time and he summoned Hercules to give him his next labor