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New page: The '''Hesperides''' (or "African Sisters') of Greek mythology are nymphs who live in a beautiful garden, said to be situated either in the Arcadian Mountains of Greece or, near th...
The '''Hesperides''' (or "African Sisters') of [[Greek mythology]] are [[nymph]]s who live in a beautiful garden, said to be situated either in the Arcadian Mountains of Greece or, near the western extremes of the [[Mediterranean]], near [[Mount Atlas]].
In this garden grows the tree with the golden apples, which [[Gaia]] had given as a wedding present to [[Hera]], after she married [[Zeus]]. This garden and the tree are guarded by [[Ladon]], a dragon with a hundred heads. as the eleventh of his twelve labours, [[Hercules]] managed to steal some of the apples, by tricking [[Atlas]] into picking them for him.
The Hesperides are named as Aegle, Arethusa, Erytheia and Hesperia. <ref.http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hesperides.html</ref>
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[[category:Greek Mythology]]
In this garden grows the tree with the golden apples, which [[Gaia]] had given as a wedding present to [[Hera]], after she married [[Zeus]]. This garden and the tree are guarded by [[Ladon]], a dragon with a hundred heads. as the eleventh of his twelve labours, [[Hercules]] managed to steal some of the apples, by tricking [[Atlas]] into picking them for him.
The Hesperides are named as Aegle, Arethusa, Erytheia and Hesperia. <ref.http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hesperides.html</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[category:Greek Mythology]]