\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \cf7 On the far-off island of Erythaea or Erythaea the Red, so-called because it was located where the sun sets, \b \cf15 \ATXht10702
Geryon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 kept his immense herds of oxen. \b \cf15 \ATXht10520 Eurystheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 commanded \b \cf15 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 to bring them to him. To reach the western limits of the world the hero journeyed along the
coast of Libya but, troubled by the fierce heat of the desert, threatened to shoot \b \cf15 \ATXht10810 Helios\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 if he did not lend him the golden cup in which the sun god set sail every evening when he reached the \b \cf15 \ATXht11501 Oce
an\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . In memory of his passage, he erected a pillar on each side of the straits that separate Libya from Europe, the Columns\cf0 \cf7 of Hercules. On reaching Eritea, he killed Geryon and the two guards of the oxen, a \b \cf15 \ATXht10703 Giant\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and the dog \b \cf15 \ATXht11510 Orthrus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . Heracles returned to Greece by the \b \cf15 \ATXht112 northern route\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , following the coasts of Spain, and then passing through Gaul, Italy, Illyria, and Thra
ce. At the end of the journey he handed over what was left of the animals to Eurystheus, who sacrificed them to \b \cf15 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 .
