Apples of the Hesperides

The Apples of the Hesperides were golden apples in Greek mythology, kept in a garden at the far western edge of the world. According to myth, the apples were a wedding gift from Gaia to Hera, and they were said to grant immortality. The apples were closely guarded by the Hesperides, nymphs of the evening, and the serpent-dragon Ladon. The apples were the object of Heracles' Eleventh Labour, in which he was tasked with retrieving them for King Eurystheus.

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