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Ladon
[ leyd-n ]
noun
- a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
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The apples granted immortality and had been guarded by Ladon, a hundred-headed dragon.
Her temple stood upon the river Ladon, and she had this name given to her by the people of the place.
The two brigades following in rear (37th and 39th) had a sharp encounter on the 24th at Ladon and Maizires.
The eleventh labour was the fetching of the golden apples, guarded by the dragon Ladon, from the garden of the Hesperides.
These goddesses lived on Mount Atlas, and the serpent Ladon helped them to guard their precious trust.
While performing this labor he had a terrible struggle with Ladon, and some accounts say that he killed the monster.
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