English dictionary

Hesperides

/h/E/'sp/E/r/I/,d/i/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera

noun.person

Synonyms atlantides

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>Atlantides</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913