Hesperides
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- Etymology
- Mythology
- The nymphs of the evening
- Land of Hesperides
- The Garden of the Hesperides
- The Eleventh Labour of Heracles
- Argonauts' encounter
- Variation of the myth
- In the Renaissance
- Gallery
- See also
- Footnotes
- Citations
- General references
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thumb|The Garden of the Hesperides by Edward Burne-Jones, 1870–73
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and the golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, Atlas.