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Hes⋅per⋅i⋅des

  [he-sper-i-deez]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology.
a. (used with a plural verb) nymphs, variously given as three to seven in number, who guarded with the dragon Ladon the golden apples that were the wedding gift of Gaea to Hera.
b. (used with a singular verb) the garden where the golden apples were grown.
c. (used with a plural verb) Islands of the Blessed.
2. (italics) (used with a plural verb) a collection of poems (1648) by Robert Herrick.
Origin:
see Hesperus, -ides

Related forms:
Hes⋅per⋅id⋅i⋅an  [hes-puh-rid-ee-uhn] , adjective
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Islands of the Blessed

 
–noun Classical Mythology.
islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were said to be transported after death.
Also called Hesperides.
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Hes·per·i·des   (hě-spěr'ĭ-dēz')   
pl.n.   Greek Mythology

  1. The nymphs who together with a dragon watch over a garden in which golden apples grow.

  2. (used with a sing. verb) A garden, situated at the western end of the earth, in which golden apples grow.


[Greek, from pl. of hesperis, feminine of hesperios, of the evening, western; see Hesperian.]
Hes'per·id'i·an, Hes'per·id'e·an (hěs'pə-rĭd'ē-ən) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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