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John Rene Plaut

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HESPRICAS ( or non-PESRICAS ) Concerning the Hesperides, They are daughters of Nix, the night . There are various versions in which they are daughters of Zeus with other women. A version makes them daughters of Atlas and Hesperide. The 7 mélides were in charge of taking care of the garden of the Hespérides, where there was an apple tree that gave golden apples. He who ate them acquired eternal life. They were Eagle, Aretusa, Etitea, Hestia, Hespera, Herterusa, and Hesperia. This garden was supposed to be in the East, in the far reaches of the known world.

  



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