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Ladon

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Also known as Hesperian Dragon, Drakôn Hesperios

Greek mythological serpent

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Child
Metope
Father
Typhon
Mother
Echidna
Image
Herakles Ladon Staatliche Antikensammlungen SL89.jpg
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Commons category
Ladon
killed by
Heracles
name in native language
Λάδων
different from
Ladon
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Encyclopedic overview

Heracles and Ladon, Roman relief plate, late era. Hercules and the Dragon Ladon, from the workshop of Giambologna, early 17th century (Walters Art Museum). Ladon (/ˈleɪdən/; Ancient Greek: Λάδων; gen.: Λάδωνος Ladonos) was a dragon in Greek mythology, who guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.

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