Ares: God of War Letterbox Hybrid

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Hidden : 7/16/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This letter box has been placed in south Moorhead with the permission of the business owners. The stamp with the logbook is not a trade item, it is for stamping your personal logbook. Due to cold weather this letterbox does not hold an ink pad or a pen, be sure to bring your own.

We have placed this Letterbox in order to help cachers with The 7 Souvenirs of August . One of the souvenirs is The Collector, which can be earned by finding a Virtual, Whereigo, Letterbox Hybrid or Webcam cache. We have one virtual in the area and no Whereigo or webcam caches; and then there are Letterboxes. Did you know we only have 15 letterboxes within 75 miles of Fargo/Moorhead? Which brings us to the question; Do you head for this one and hope for the FTF? or Do you save this cache to earn one of the 7 Souvenirs of August?

Either way, we hope you have fun.


There are two ways to find a Letterbox hybrid cache. The first is to follow directions that may include compass headings, landmarks, or even a story or poem. The second is to use a GPSr to go to the listed coords. To find this Letterbox, without using a GPSr, geocachers and letterboxers can go to the parking lot that is at the southwest cornet of the intersection of 5th Street and 2nd Avenue South. Once there think about the words missing from the quotes below, that should lead you right to the Letterbox.


Don't ever take a _______ down until you know why it was put up.
~ Robert Frost


Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the ________.
~ Carl Sandburg


A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire ______: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
~ Sophia Loren


There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric _______ for themselves.
~Will Rogers



Back when I joined the Minnesota Army National Guard, many years ago, the armory for the Headquarters Company of 2nd Battalion of the 136th Mechanized Infantry unit (HHC 2/136th) was located just across 5th street, taking up the south end of the block. The armory was the intended destination of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when they died in a plane crash in Iowa 03 Feb. 1959 (The Day the Music Died). It was also one of the training areas for a lot of infantrymen, artillery observers (FIST), mechanics, medics and other soldiers. Which is why we chose Aries for this location of our Greek gods and goddess Letterbox series.


ARES was the Olympian god of war, battlelust, civil order and manly courage. In Greek art he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a nude beardless youth with helm and spear. Because of his lack of distinctive attributes he is often difficult to identify in classical art. Some of the more famous myths featuring the god include:--

His adulterous affair with Aphrodite in which the pair were trapped in a net laid by her husband Hephaistos;

The slaying of Adonis, his rival for the love of Aphrodite, in the guise of a boar;

The transformation of Kadmos of Thebes and his wife Harmonia into serpents;

The murder of Hallirhothios to avenge his daughter's rape and his subsequent trial in the court of the Areiopagos;

The arrest of Sisyphos, an impious man who kidnapped the god Death;

The battle of Herakles and Kyknos in which the god intervened in support of his son;

His support of the Amazones, warrior daughters of the god;

His capture by the Aloadai giants who imprisoned him in a bronze jar;

The Trojan War in which he was wounded by Diomedes in battle with the help of Athene.





Congratulations to ruylopez for getting the FTF!

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