The Hesperides
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Orations (Greek)
And the golden apples which he fetched, those of the Hesperides, he took and gave to Eurystheus;
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Orations
Mythical nymphs who guarded the golden apples fetched by Heracles.
And the golden apples which he fetched, those of the Hesperides, he took and gave to Eurystheus;
Theogony
Nymphs, offspring of Night, who guard the golden apples and fruit-bearing trees beyond glorious Ocean.
And she bore him a stout-hearted son, Atlas:
And again the goddess murky Night, though she lay with none, bare Blame and painful Woe, and the Hesperides who guard the rich, golden apples and the trees bearing fruit beyond glorious Ocean.