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Artifacts, Golden Apples of the Hesperides

Hans von Marées (1837-1887) Hesperiden, Triptychon Date 1884, Artifacts, Golden Apples of the Hesperides
Hans von Marées (1837-1887) Hesperiden, Triptychon Date 1884

The Golden Apples were given to Hera as a wedding present by Gaia.

These apples are kept in a garden at the northern edge of the world, they are guarded by Ladon a hundred-headed dragon and the Hesperides, nymphs who are daughters of Atlas, the titan who holds the sky upon his shoulders.

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