In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far west corner of the world, located, according to various sources, in the Arcadian Mountains in Greece, near the Atlas mountains in Libya, or on a distant island at the edge of the ocean. According to the Greek poet Stesichorus, in his poem the "song of Geryon", and the Greek geographer Strabo, in his book Geographika (volume III), the Hesperides are in Tartessos, a location placed to the south of Iberia (Spain). The Greek poet Hesiod said that the ...

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Hesperides, Hesperides - The evening, Hesperides - The Garden of the Hesperides, Hesperides - Origin, Hesperides - External link

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According to different accounts, there were either three, four, or seven Hesperides, but they are usually numbered three, like the other Greek triads (the Three Graces and the Moirae). Among the names given to them are Aegle ("dazzling light"), Arethusa, Erytheia (or Erytheis), Hesperia (or Hespereia), Hespere (or Hespera), Hestia, and Hesperusa. They are sometimes called the Western Maidens, the Daughters of Evening, or the Sunset Goddesses, all apparently tied to their imagined location in the distant west, and Hesperis is appropriately th ...

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In Greek mythology, Phorcys, or Phorkys was a primeval sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia. His wife was Ceto and together they had many children, all hideous monsters (except for the Hesperides) collectively known as the Phorcydes. Consorts/Children Ceto Echidna Gorgons Euryale Medusa Stheno Graeae Deino Enyo Pemphredo Hesperides Aegle Arethusa Erytheia Hesperia

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Poseidon Oceanus Ceto Nereus Glaucus Thetis Amphitrite Tethys Triton Proteus Phorcys Pontus Oceanids Nereids Naiads Dryads Naiads Meliae Oreads Napaeae Nereids Hamadryads Oceanids Limnades Crinaeae Hesperides Pegaeae In Greek myt ...

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Seven Sisters may refer to: Pleiades (mythology), seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology Pleiades (star cluster), a star cluster named for the mythological characters The Hesperides of Greek mythology The Seven Sisters (Forgotten Realms), fictional characters from the Forgotten Realms role-playing game Seven Sisters (Meja), an ...

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Poseidon Oceanus Ceto Nereus Glaucus Thetis Amphitrite Tethys Triton Ophion Proteus Phorcys Pontus Oceanids Nereids Naiads Arethusa means "the waterer". In Greek mythology, Arethusa was one of the Hesperides A nymph, daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), Arethusa ran from a suitor, Alpheus, the river god, making her wa ...

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In Greek mythology, there were three different people named Aegle. One belonged to the Hesperides, another to the Heliades, and the third was a Naiad occasionally considered the mother of the Charites by Helios. Aegle is also a genus of southern Asian fruit trees, commonly known as the Bael tree. 96 Aegle is an asteroid. ...

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In Greek mythology, Alseids were the nymphs of glens and groves. They liked to scare travelers. Other related archivesApollo, Artemis, Asclepius, Auloniad, Crinaeae, Dryads, Greek mythology, Hamadryads, Hesperides, Leto, Limnades, Meliae, Naiads, Napaeae, Nereids, Oceanids, Oreads, Pan, Pegaeae, medicine, nymphs, shepherd

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The Pleiades Πληιόνης (pleye'-a-deez, also plee'-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar'-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas (at'-las) and the sea-nymph Pleione (pleye-oh'-nee) born on Mount Cyllene (seye-lee'-nee). They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, ...

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Hamadryads are Greek mythological beings that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree. If their tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees. Other related archivesAlseid, Apollo, Artemis, Asclepius, Auloniad, Crinaeae, Dryads, Greek mythological, Hesperides, Leto, Limnades, Meliae, Naiads, Napaeae, Nereids, Oc

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In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. Some classical references describe her as one of three Gorgon sisters. Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale were monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous serpents. The Gorgons and their other sisters the Graeae (and possibly the Hesperides) were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. In the most well known version of the myth, Medusa originally started out as a beautiful human. She ...

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In Greek mythology, Atlas was a member of a race of giant gods known as Titans. Atlas mythology - Mythology. Atlas mythology - Kinship. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetos and the Oceanid Klymene. Atlas had three brothers — Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoitios — and was the father of the Hesperides sisters, Maera, Hyas, the Hyades sisters, Kalypso and the Pleiades sisters. Atlas mythology - Punishment. Atlas led the Titans in one of the ...

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In Greek mythology, Asterion ("ruler of the stars"), called "king" of Crete, was the consort of Europa and stepfather of her sons by Zeus, who had to assume the form of the Cretan bull of the sun to accomplish his role: Minos the just king in Crete, Rhadamanthus, presiding over the Garden of the Hesperides or in the Underworld and Sarpedon, likewise a judge in the Afterlife. When he died, Asterion gave his kingdom to Minos, who promptly "banished" his brothers. His Roman name is Asterius. According to Karl Kerenyi and other scholars, Asterion, the star at the center of the labyrinth on Cretan coins, ...

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Dragons play a role in Greek mythology. Dragons in Greek mythology - Ladon. Ladon was a dragon-like beast that was slain by Hercules as a part of the requests of Eyrystheus. He is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides. He is variously described as the offspring of Phorcys or of Typhon and Echidna. It was said that his heads spoke with a multitude of voices in many languages. Dragons in Greek mythology - Python. Main artic ...

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In many languages, oranges are "golden apple." For example, the Greek χρυσομηλιά, and Latin pomum aurantium both literally describe oranges as "golden apples." Other languages like German, Finnish, Hebrew, and Russian have more complex etymologies for the word orange that can be traced back to the same idea.[1] ...

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Hesperos (Greek) Venus as the evening star, brother of Eosphoros or Phosphoros (equivalent to the Roman Lucifer), the morning star, children of dawn and twilight. In Hesiod they are children of Astraios and Eos (starry heaven and dawn). Hesperos was glorified in early Christian and pagan bridal songs, and Blavatsky calls Hesperos the father of the Hesperides. (SD 1:386; BCW 8:16-8)

(See also: Hesperides, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Golden apple - Atalanta. Three golden apples were featured in Greek Mythology, in which a hunter named Atalanta raced against a suitor named Hippomenes who used the golden apples to distract her so that he could win the race. "After Atalanta participated in the hunt and received the pelt, her father claimed her as his offspring and wanted her to get married. Although a very beautiful maiden, Atalanta did not particularly want to marry. In order to get her a husband, her father made a deal with Ata ...

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In Norse mythology, golden apples grant immortal life to the Gods. They are cultivated by the Goddess Iðunn. Golden apples are an important element in Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold, prelude of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen. After building the Walhall for the gods, the giants Fafner and Fasolt asked Wotan to give them Freia, the goddes who cultivates golden apples, as Wotan promised them. When the giants took Freia away, the gods suddenly became old and weak. It convinced Wotan to go to Nibelheim with Loge in order to steal the ring from Alberich, thus getting a su ...

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Modern Benghazi, on the Gulf of Sidra, lies a little southwest of the site of the ancient Greek city of Berenice or Berenicis. That city was traditionally founded in 446 BC, by a brother of the king of Cyrene, but got the name Berenice only when it was refounded in the 3rd century BCE under the patronage of Berenice (Berenike), the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the ruler of Egypt. The new city was later given the name Hesperides, in reference to the Hesperides, the guardians ...

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