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Hes·per·i·des
/hɛˈspɛrəˌdiz/
神話中人物
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hes·per·i·des
n. pl.
1.
Class. Myth.
The
daughters
of
Hesperus
,
or
Night
(
brother
of
Atlas
),
and
fabled
possessors
of
a
garden
producing
golden
apples
,
in
Africa
,
at
the
western
extremity
of
the
known
world
.
To
slay
the
guarding
dragon
and
get
some
of
these
apples
was
one
of
the
labors
of
Hercules
.
Called
also
Atlantides
.
2.
The
garden
producing
the
golden
apples
.
It
not
love
a
Hercules
,
Still
climbing
trees
in
the
Hesperides
? --
Shak
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Hesperides
n
: (
Greek
mythology
)
group
of
3
to
7
nymphs
who
guarded
the
golden
apples
that
Gaea
gave
as
a
wedding
gift
to
Hera
[
syn
:
Atlantides
]
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