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A-Z: General definitions: Hesperides
Definition
The 'Daughters of Evening' were nymphs who lived in a garden in the west, beyond the sunset. They guarded the golden apples in Heracles' eleventh Labour.
Related Topics
Heracles and the Golden Apples of the Hesperides; Classical ideas: Afterlife
In classical mythology, a feminine spirit of the fields; in pastoral poetry a synonym for a young woman
Sacred apples growing in a garden beyond the sunset, guarded by the Hesperides and Ladon the snake.
Greek hero, famous for his Twelve Labours; he was deified after his death. (Roman name, Hercules.)
The eleventh labour of Heracles.
