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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἙσπερίδες
- Latin · derived fromHesperides
- English todayHesperides
From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hesperides
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Latin Hesperides ← Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες