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Definition of: Hesperides
(hes·pər′ə·dēz)
In Greek mythology, the daughters of Atlas (Aegle, Erytheia, and Hesperesthusa), who with the dragon, Ladon, guarded the golden apples given to Hera by Gaea and later stolen by Hercules: also called Atlantides. [<Gk. hesperis western]
—Hes·per·id·i·an (hes′pə·rid′ē·ən) or ·e·an adjective
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