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Image 4 Verse 4 Solution

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General notes

  • The casque associated with Image 4 and Verse 4 was buried at the Cultural Gardens in Cleveland, OH.
  • It would be very helpful if we could add more detail to this solution so that everyone can understand more about how these puzzles work. 

 

 

Solution

Clues Interpretations
Beneath two countries The casque was buried in the Grecian Cultural Garden,

on the side facing the Italian Garden.

As the road curves Parkgate Avenue curves around this

section of the gardens.

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In a rectangular plot

Beneath the tenth stone

From right to left

Beneath the ninth row from the top

Of the wall including small bricks

Seven steps up you can hop

From the bottom level

These are explicit directions to

follow up the hill to the back of the wall

in the Grecian Garden, where there is a sunken planter at

the location specified by the verse.

10  Socrates, Pindar, Apelles These names, among those of many other luminaries of ancient Greece, are chiseled into the Pylon Monument.

 

11  Free Speech, couplet, birch Refers, respectively, to Socrates (died for free speech),

Pindar (a poet), and

Apelles (a painter; "birch brush").

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To find casque's destination

Seek the columns

For the search.

The entrance to the Grecian Garden is

marked by two columns that appear in Image 4.

The columns link Verse 4 with Image 4.

 

 

Step by Step Directions:

  1. From the image, use coordinates, 41 and 81 to identify Cleveland, Ohio.
  2. From the image, use the silhouette of the Terminal Tower as a landmark.
  3. Somehow discover the Cultural Gardens, located 6 miles north on Superior Avenue. 
  4. Look at the map of the Cultural Gardens and notice a "road curves" from line 2 of the poem, which is Parkgate Avenue.
  5. The Greek Cultural Gardens include features like the:
    1. Pylon Monument - shown in the image and referenced on poem line 10
    2. Columns - shown in the image and referenced on poem line 13
  6. Follow poem lines 3 through 9 to reach the specific location of the planter box where the casque is buried.

 

 

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