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In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (/ hɛˈspɛrɪdiːz /; Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίδες, Greek pronunciation: [hesperídes]) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West".
Hesperides, in Greek mythology, clear-voiced maidens who guarded the tree bearing golden apples that Gaea gave to Hera at her marriage to Zeus. According to Hesiod, they were the daughters of Erebus and Night; in other accounts, their parents were Atlas and Hesperis or Phorcys and Ceto.
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The Hesperides in Greek mythology were the nymphs of the sunset. Different sources name different parents for the Hesperides; they may have been daughters of the Titans Atlas and Hesperis; Erebus and Nyx; Nyx alone; Phorcys and Ceto; or of Hesperus.
The Hesperides were nymphs from Greek mythology. Famously, the Hesperides were guardians of the Garden of Hera and the Golden Apples therein.
- Birth & Family
- The Garden of The Hesperides
- The Golden Apples
- The Hesperides & The Argonauts
- The Hesperides & Perseus
- Worship
Sources, including Pseudo-Hyginus (c. 64 BCE to c. 17 CE) and Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), state that the Hesperides were daughters of the Titan Atlas and Hesperia, the personification of the west. However, other sources, including Cicero (106-43 BCE), Pseudo-Apollodorus, and Hesiod in his Theogony, state that they were the daughters of Nyx ...
The Garden of the Hesperides was the sacred garden and orchard of the goddess Hera. It was believed to exist close to the Atlas Mountain range (northwestern Africa). However, Apollonius of Rhodes placed the gardens near Lake Triton in Libya, while the Greek geographer Strabo (63 BCE to 23 CE) believed it was located in Tartessos(southern Spain). So...
The concept of immortal apples is a common idea shared by some ancient cultures, especially the ancient Greeks and the ancient Norse. At Zeus and Hera's wedding, all the gods brought grand gifts. Mother Earth (Gaia) gave her grandchildren the greatest gift of all: a golden tree with golden apples which granted immortality to anyone who possessed th...
In Book 4 of the Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek hero Jason and the Argonauts are assisted in their quest to find the golden fleeceby a strong cast of female figures, including the Hesperides. Jason and the Argonauts carried the Argo on their shoulders for twelve days and nights through the deserts of Libya. As they entered Lake Trit...
In his quest to kill the Gorgon Medusa, the Greek hero Perseus sought the help of the Graeae (three elderly sisters who shared one eye and one tooth between them). He refused to give back their tooth and eye until they had given him valuable information. They told him to find the Garden of Hesperides, where he would find out where Medusa was locate...
In his Description of Greece, Pausanias (c. 115 to c. 180 CE) mentions that at the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, there were screens to keep the public away from Zeus' throne, and on these screens were paintings by Panaenus, brother of the famous Greek sculptor, Phidias. One of these paintings depicted two of the Hesperides holding apples. The Hesperid...
In Greek mythology the Hesperides were the goddess-nymphs of evening and the golden light of sunsets. They were the daughters of either Nyx (Night) or the heaven-bearing Titan Atlas. The Hesperides were entrusted with the care of the tree of the golden apples which had been presented to the goddess Hera by Gaea (Earth) on her wedding day.
Nov 1, 2016 · What Is Hesperides? Hesperides is the plural for Hesperis and represents the multiple nymphs of the garden of Hera. The Hesperides guarded Hera’s apple trees in the Garden of Hesperides, but shared the task with Ladon a dragon who had one hundred heads and never slept. This was Hera’s back up plan, as even the nymphs couldn’t be trusted ...
