Hesperides

[hes'peridi:z]

Definition

(noun.) (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.

Editor: Olaf--From WordNet

Definition

(n. pl.) 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.

(n. pl.) The garden producing the golden apples.

Checked by Gregory

Definition

n.pl. the name of the three sisters who guarded in their delightful gardens the golden apples which Hera on her marriage with Zeus had received from G�

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