Definition of Hesperides
Hes`per´i`des
n. pl.
1.
(Class. Myth.)
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
.
2.
The
garden
producing
the
golden
apples
.
It
not
love
a
Hercules
,
Still
climbing
trees
in
the
Hesperides
?
- Shak.
Related Words
Atlantides
,
Greek
mythology
,
nymph
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