Hesperides immortal as long as he touched his mother, Gaia, the earth. Heracles killed Antaeus by holding him aloft and crushing him in a bearhug. Herodotus claims that Heracles stopped in Egypt, where King Busiris decided to make him the yearly sacrifice, but Heracles burst out of his chains. Finally making his way to the Garden of the Hesperides, Heracles tricked Atlas into retrieving some of the golden apples for him, by offering to hold up the heavens for a little while (Atlas was able to take them as, in this version, he was the father or otherwise related to the
The End of the Universe The End of the Universe The End of the Universe is Lewis Black's second album, recorded at The Punchline in Atlanta, Georgia on two separate date ranges: August 24–26, 2001 and March 8–10, 2002, and released on July 1, 2002. The title refers to Black's belief that the end of the universe is in Houston, Texas, where two Starbucks coffeehouses are located across the street from each other. A limited vinyl picture-disk edition of 500 was released by Stand Up! Records. The edition was signed by Black before the manufacturing process was completed. His signature is part of the vinyl