Hesperides
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Hesperides
- /hɛˈspɛɹɪdiːz/
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From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).
noun
- A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples 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.
- The garden of the Hesperides.
- A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West. Inclinations no leſs vigorous have of late been obſerved in Europe, but with more ſucceſs; who not being bounded by Herculean Bars, paſt ſo far through (till then) the unmeaſured Atlantick, that they lighted upon a new World, a flouriſhing Heſperides, Regions whoſe Sands were Gold, Earth Plate, and
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noun a group of nymphs
| Español | Hespérides |
|---|---|
| Français | Hespérides |
| Deutsch | Hesperiden |
| Italiano | Esperidi |
| Ελληνικά | Εσπερίδες Esperídes |
| Русский | Геспери́ды Gesperídy |
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