Hesperides

Hesperides

Nymphs who guard Hera’s garden in the west.

Place

Garden of the Hesperides

Events
  1. Atlas retrieves the golden apples from the Hesperides
  2. Athena brings the golden apples back to the Hesperides
Members of this group

People:

  1. Aegle
  2. Arethusa
  3. Erythia
  4. Hesperia
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.8
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