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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43757" /> == | |||
<p> in [[Greek]] mythology, were daughters of Atlas and Hesperis, and are mentioned as being from three to seven in number. When Juno married Jupiter, all the gods brought presents. [[Earth]] brought forth a tree, on which grew golden apples. Juno commanded the sisters, Hesperides, to guard them. But the latter helped themselves to the apples. She therefore sent a son of [[Typhon]] and Echidna, the frightful, never sleeping, hundred-headed dragon Ladon, to the tree, who scared everything away that approached. [[Hercules]] was sent there to get three apples out of the garden for Eurystheus. According to Diodorus, the [[Hesperides]] were daughters of Atlas, seized by Busiris, and liberated by Hercules, wherefore the latter received the desired Mela (apples) from their father voluntarily. </p> | <p> in [[Greek]] mythology, were daughters of [[Atlas]] and Hesperis, and are mentioned as being from three to seven in number. When [[Juno]] married Jupiter, all the gods brought presents. [[Earth]] brought forth a tree, on which grew golden apples. Juno commanded the sisters, Hesperides, to guard them. But the latter helped themselves to the apples. She therefore sent a son of [[Typhon]] and Echidna, the frightful, never sleeping, hundred-headed dragon Ladon, to the tree, who scared everything away that approached. [[Hercules]] was sent there to get three apples out of the garden for Eurystheus. According to Diodorus, the [[Hesperides]] were daughters of Atlas, seized by Busiris, and liberated by Hercules, wherefore the latter received the desired Mela (apples) from their father voluntarily. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74792" /> == | |||
<p> Maidens of high degree appointed to guard the golden apples presented to [[Hera]] by [[Gaia]] on her marriage with Zeus, assisted in their office by the dragon Ladon; the apples were stolen by Hercules, but were afterwards restored by Athene. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_43757"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hesperides Hesperides from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_43757"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hesperides Hesperides from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_74792"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hesperides Hesperides from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:14, 11 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
in Greek mythology, were daughters of Atlas and Hesperis, and are mentioned as being from three to seven in number. When Juno married Jupiter, all the gods brought presents. Earth brought forth a tree, on which grew golden apples. Juno commanded the sisters, Hesperides, to guard them. But the latter helped themselves to the apples. She therefore sent a son of Typhon and Echidna, the frightful, never sleeping, hundred-headed dragon Ladon, to the tree, who scared everything away that approached. Hercules was sent there to get three apples out of the garden for Eurystheus. According to Diodorus, the Hesperides were daughters of Atlas, seized by Busiris, and liberated by Hercules, wherefore the latter received the desired Mela (apples) from their father voluntarily.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Maidens of high degree appointed to guard the golden apples presented to Hera by Gaia on her marriage with Zeus, assisted in their office by the dragon Ladon; the apples were stolen by Hercules, but were afterwards restored by Athene.
