Definition of hesperides Hesperides
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What does hesperides mean?
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| hesperides - (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera | ||
| Atlantides | ||
| nymph a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hesperides (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. - hesperides (n. pl.)
The garden producing the golden apples.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hesperides
hes-per′ī-dēz, 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 Gæa
