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hesperides::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atlantides |
| Type of | nymph |
Examples of hesperides
hesperides
Hesperides also includes the much shorter Noble Numbers, his first book, of spiritual works, first published in 1647.
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- (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
- In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (Greek) are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in Tanger, Morocco at the edge of the encircling Oceanus, the world-ocean.
- Robert Herrick (baptized 24 August 1591 - buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th century English poet.
- The Greek goddesses who, with the hundred-headed dragon Ladon, guarded the golden apples which Gaia (earth) gave as a wedding present to Hera on her marriage to Zeus. These apples grew on a tree in a garden by the banks of the river Oceanus near Mt. ...
- The Hesperides were daughters of Atlas and Hesperis.
- Daughters of King ATLAS, they lived on an enchanted island in the western sea and grew GOLDEN APPLES in their garden. A fiery dragon-like apparition guarded their garden much like the FLAMING SWORD guarded the garden of Eden.
