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Hesperides, in Greek mythology, the daughters of the Titan Atlas or of Hesper, the evening star. Aided by a dragon, the Hesperides guarded a tree,...

Herrick, Robert

Following the restoration of Charles II, Herrick was reinstated at Dean Prior, where he resided from 1662 until his death. His chief work is ...

Atlas (mythology)

Atlas was the father of the Hesperides, the nymphs who guarded the tree of golden apples, and Heracles (Hercules) sought his help in performing one...

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- mythological Greek nymphs: in Greek mythology, the daughters of Atlas and Hesperus and the guards of a tree bearing golden apples from which Heracles was required to gather fruit as one of his 12 labours
- islands of Greek mythology: in Greek mythology, islands far to the west in which a tree with...

	Windows Live® Search Results Hesperides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (Greek: Ἑσπερίδες) are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in ... The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick Full Text of Hesperides (1648) Come Sons of Summer, by whose toile, We are the Lords of Wine and Oile. By whose tough labours, and rough hands, We rip up first, then reap our lands. Hesperides The Hesperides are nymphs who live in a beautiful garden, situated in the Arcadian Mountains (Greece) or, alternatively, at the western extreme of the Mediterranean, near Mt. Atlas ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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