Apples of the Hesperides

plural noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the golden apples given to Hera as a wedding gift. They were in the safekeeping of the Hesperides and of the dragon Ladon.

Example Sentences

It was to bring back the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and he did not know where they were to be found.

From Literature

Like the golden apples of the Hesperides, treasure is guarded by a dragon or serpent.

From Project Gutenberg

We went out all three together, and a gondola carried us in a few minutes to the place where I was guarding a treasure more precious than the golden apples of the Hesperides.

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I felt that all was lost, all the more as having to use both her hands she could not hold her smock and conceal two swelling spheres more seductive than the apples of the Hesperides.

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The animals were soon after delivered into the hands of Eurystheus, who then sent Hercules in search of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

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