Associations to the word «Hesperides»

Wiktionary

HESPERIDES, proper noun. (Greek mythology) a group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; the nymphs are said to be the daughters of Hesperus

Dictionary definition

HESPERIDES, noun. (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.

Wise words

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