Hespere

[hes-puh-ree]

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noun

Classical Mythology.

one of the Hesperides.

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So the maidens sang—Hespere, Eretheis, and Ægle—and they complained that now, unhelped by the hundred-headed dragon, they had to keep guard over the tree.

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This may also be said about the two fragments of Bion which begin, Hespere tas eratas and Olbioi oi phileontes.

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Hespere, qui caelo lucet iocundior ignis?

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So the maidens sang Hespere, Eretheis, and Aegle—and they complained that now, unhelped by the hundred-headed dragon, they had to keep guard over the tree.

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