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#01 Gods Peace Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/28/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Hello everybody. We are fans of Crete since years. Our friends know that. We always try to come up with something new and exciting for geocaching. We did that again here. What could be more natural than to learn something about the Greek gods on this beautiful island. So we've come up with a little trail for you with 14 mysteries and a bonus. The questions shouldn't be a major problem. Collect the informations for the bonus to build a word and then decode it. The route itself, if you walk it completely, is about 5km long. You need 3 hours or more and good shoes; no Flip-Flops !!! In summer you should have sun protection and enough drinks with you, as there is no shade. Between No.6 and 7 you have a chance, to take a little stay into the sea ;-) There are also some highlines to overcome. We wish you a lot of fun 😊 Enjoy the trip and the locations.

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#01 Gods Peace

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Poseidon

Poseidon was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. He had also the cult title "earth shaker". In the myths of isolated Arcadia he is related with Demeter and Persephone and he was venerated as a horse, however it seems that he was originally a god of the waters. He is often regarded as the tamer or father of horses, and with a strike of his trident, he created springs which are related with the word horse. His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. Homer and Hesiod suggest that Poseidon became lord of the sea following the defeat of his father Cronus, when the world was divided by lot among his three sons; Zeus was given the sky, Hades the underworld, and Poseidon the sea, with the Earth and Mount Olympus belonging to all three. In Homer's Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War and in the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the legendary island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain. Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with Poseidon, and he remained on the Acropolis in the form of his surrogate, Erechtheus. After the fight, Poseidon sent a monstrous flood to the Attic Plain, to punish the Athenians for not choosing him.

 

Question: Name of his parents (Format: x-y) ?

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrsg fvqr, haqre fgbarf, arne gur srapr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)