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The Hesperides where a group of nymphs at the western corner of the world. They tended a garden of Hera's which held her golden apples. These golden apples would make the person who eats them immortal.

Family[]

  • Atlas (Father)
  • Pleione (Mother)

Other Myths[]

The Hesperides[]

  • Aigle
  • Erytheia
  • Hesperia

Other Myths[]

  • Arethusa-According to Apollodoros there was a Hesperid named Arethusa who was most likely different from the Sicilian nymph of the same name

Also Called[]

  • Western Maidens
  • Daughters of Evening
  • The Erythrai
  • The "Sunset Goddesses"