Hesperides – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Hesperides
Hesperides
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
(synonym) Atlantides
(hypernym) nymph
(classification) Greek mythology
Hespérides
n.
Hesperides, nymphs, variously given as three to seven in number, who guarded with the dragon Ladon the golden (Greek mythology)
Hespérides
nfpl.
Hesperides, nymphs who guarded the golden apples that were given to Hera as a wedding gift (Greek Mythology)
Hesperides
(n. pl.)
The garden producing the golden apples.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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