Hesperides
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(Daughters of the West) Greek The
Dryads, or wood nymphs; sisters, who lived in the
beautiful garden on the western edge of the world
and helped guard the tree that grew the golden apples
of the goddess Hera. They were the daughters of
Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) or the daughters
of Atlas and Pleione or Hesperis. Some sources
say there were seven sisters, others three or four.
Those who are named in Greek poetry are Aegle (2),
Erytheia, Hesperia, and Arethusa.
Hera suspected the Hesperides of being as likely
to steal the apples as guard them, so she also put the
dragon Ladon in the garden to guard her treasure.
In his 12th labor, the hero Heracles stole the
apples either himself or by sending Atlas to do the
work.
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- HESPÉRIDES (Les) [Hesperides] de Herrick (résumé)
- Ladon Greek The dragon who guarded the garden where the apples of the Hesperides were kept.
- Erytheia (Erythia; Dazzling Light) Greek A Dryad, or wood Nymph; one of the sisters known as the Hesperides; either the daughters of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) or the daughters of Atlas and Pleione or Hesperis.
- Hesperides (Daughters of the West) Greek The Dryads, or wood nymphs; sisters, who lived in the beautiful garden on the western edge of the world and helped guard the tree that grew the golden apples of the goddess Hera.