Hesperides (hesper'idēz) [key], in Greek mythology, daughters of Atlas. They lived in a fabulous garden located at the western extremity of the world. There they guarded (with the aid of the dragon Ladon) a tree that bore golden apples. Hercules killed the dragon and obtained the apples as one of his 12 labors.
Amy Lowell: Apples of Hesperides - Glinting golden through the trees, Apples of Hesperides! Through the moon-pierced warp of night Shoot pale shafts of yellow light, Swaying to the kiss
Hesperides - Hesperides (4 syl.). Three sisters who guarded the golden apples which Hera (Juno) received as a ...
Atlas, in Greek mythology - Atlas Atlas , in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of ...
Amy Lowell: Lyrical Poems - Before the Altar, bowed, he stands With empty hands; Upon it perfumed offerings burn Wreathing with smoke the sacrificial urn. Not one of all these ha
