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Minotaur Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 2/2/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


After he ascended the throne of Crete, Minos struggled with his brothers for the right to rule. Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull, as a sign of approval. Poseidon sent a giant white bull out of the sea. Minos was committed to sacrificing the bull to Poseidon, but then decided to substitute a different bull. In rage, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë, Minos' wife, with... well let's just say she really liked the Cretan Bull....a lot.

The skillful architect Daedalus, who, having been banished from Athens for murder and lived in Crete, assisted Queen Pasiphaë in satisfying her passion.

He constructed a wooden cow on wheels, hollowed it out in the inside, sewed it up in the hide of a cow which he had skinned, and set it in the meadow where the bull used to graze.

Then Pasiphaë introduced herself into the wooden cow, and so the bull, taking the wooden cow for a real one, well....let's just say it was more than dinner and a movie.

After some time, Pasiphaë gave birth to Asterius, a bull-headed man who became known as the Minotaur. After some time, Minotaur grew into a ferocious monster. Minos had Daedalus construct a gigantic labyrinth to hold the Minotaur until he was killed by Theseus.

If I were you, I'd be real careful winding through this labyrinth to find this bull-headed cache. The container is half peanut butter jar, half camo tape. It's called a SkippyTaur.

Originally placed under a different name for a different reason.


GPSr Accuracy 11.8'
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

abg ba gur tebhaq

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)