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Atlantides
(gcide) | Atlantides \At*lan"ti*des\, n. pl. [L. See Atlantes.]
The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the
daughters of Atlas.
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Atlantides
(gcide) | Hesperides \Hes*per"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night
(brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden
producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western
extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon
and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
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2. The garden producing the golden apples.
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It not love a Hercules,
Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? --Shak.
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atlantides
(wn) | Atlantides
n 1: (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the
golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
[syn: Hesperides, Atlantides] |
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atlantides
(wn) | Atlantides
n 1: (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the
golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
[syn: Hesperides, Atlantides] |
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