Definitions for Hesperides
hɛˈspɛr ɪˌdizhes·perides

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hesperides, Atlantidesnoun

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

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1. Hesperides

   In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίδες, Greek pronunciation: [hesperídes]) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντίδες, romanized: Atlantídes) from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas.

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1. hesperides

   The Hesperides are nymphs in Greek mythology who tend an idyllic garden located at the far western corner of the world, near the Atlas mountains in Libya. The garden, also named Hesperides, is known for its golden apples which are considered to grant immortality when eaten. The Hesperides are often considered the daughters of the Titan Atlas and Hesperis, the personification of the evening (Hesperis is equivalent to the Roman goddess Vesper).

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1. Hesperides

   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

2. Hesperides

   the garden producing the golden apples

3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. .]

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1. Hesperides

   In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the neighbourhood of Cyrene or Benghazi in Libya or the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus, the world-ocean. In some sources, the nymphs are said to be the daughters of Hesperus. According to the Sicilian Greek poet Stesichorus, in his poem the "Song of Geryon", and the Greek geographer Strabo, in his book Geographika, the garden of the Hesperides is located in Tartessos, a location placed in the south of the Iberian peninsula. By Ancient Roman times, the garden of the Hesperides had lost its archaic place in religion and had dwindled to a poetic convention, in which form it was revived in Renaissance poetry, to refer both to the garden and to the nymphs that dwelt there.

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1. 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.

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1. Hesperides

   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.

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1. Hesperides

   (Hesper′ides). Three daughters of Hesperus, King of Italy. They were appointed to guard the golden apples which Juno gave Jupiter on their wedding day.

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1. • Greek Mythology
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How to pronounce Hesperides?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hesperides in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hesperides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hesperides
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperides
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hesperides
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Hesperides
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Hesperides
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Hesperides
8. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=Hesperides
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Hesperides