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1. (n.) Hesperides
(used with a pl. v.) (in Greek myth) the nymphs who together with a dragon guarded the golden apples that were a wedding gift of Gaea to Hera.
2. Hesperides
(used with a sing. v.) the garden where the golden apples were grown.
Etymology: (see Hesperus , -id1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Hesperides, Atlantides
(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. hesperides
the daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides
2. hesperides
the garden producing the golden apples
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. hesperides
maidens of high degree appointed to guard the golden apples presented to Hera by Gaia on her marriage with Zeus, assisted in their office by the dragon Ladon; the apples were stolen by Hercules, but were afterwards restored by Athene.
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