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Atlas and Hesperis, or of Phorcys and Ceto (schol. on Apoll. Rhod. iv. 1399; Diod. Sic. iv. 27) They were usually supposed to be three in number—Aegle, Erytheia, Hesperis (or Hesperethusa) ; according to some, four, or even seven. They lived far away in the See also:

west at the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of Ocean, where the See also:

sun sets. Hence the sun (according to See also:

MIMNERMUS

Mimnermus ap. See also:

ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum xi. p. 470) sails in the golden bowl made by See also:

HEPHAESTUS

Hephaestus from the See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode of the Hesperides to the See also:

LAND

land where he rises again. According to other accounts their See also:

home was among the See also:

HYPERBOREANS (`Tirep(3bpeot, `Taepf3bpeiot)

Hyperboreans. The golden apples See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew on a See also:

tree guarded by Ladon, the ever-watchful See also:

DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon.

The sun is often in See also:

German and Lithuanian legends described as the See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple that hangs on the tree of the nightly See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, while the dragon, the envious See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, keeps the See also:

LIGHT

light back from men till some beneficent power takes it from him. Heracles is the See also:

hero who brings back the golden apples to mankind again. Like See also:

PERSEUS

Perseus, he first applies to the See also:

NYMPHS

Nymphs, who help him to learn where the See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden is. Arrived there he slays the dragon and carries the apples to See also:

ARGOS

Argos; and finally, like Perseus, he gives them to See also:

ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena. The Hesperides are, like the See also:

SIRENS (Gr. Metpi7ves)

Sirens, possessed of the See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of delightful See also:

SONG

song. The apples appear to have been the See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of love and fruitfulness, and are introduced at the marriages of See also:

CADMUS

Cadmus and See also:

HARMONIA

Harmonia and See also:

PELEUS

Peleus and See also:

THETIS

Thetis. The golden apples, the gift of See also:

APHRODITE

Aphrodite to Hippomenes before his See also:

RACE

race with See also:

ATALANTA

Atalanta, were also plucked from the garden of the Hesperides.

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