The eleventh labour was the fetching of the golden apples, guarded by the dragon Ladon, from the garden of the Hesperides.
The dragon Ladon was not able to defend the apples of Hesperides against Hercules.
Demeter, at first enraged, afterwards calmed down, and washed herself in the river Ladon by way of purification.
He pursued and she begged aid of certain nymphs who lived in a houseboat on the river Ladon.
While performing this labor he had a terrible struggle with Ladon, and some accounts say that he killed the monster.
