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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.

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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. 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. 72 Hermes In his 12th labor, the hero Heracles stole the apples either himself or by sending Atlas to do the work.

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