Hesperides

See also: Hespérides

English

Etymology

From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛˈspɛɹɪdiːz/

Noun

Hesperides pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek mythology) A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.

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