Hesperides

The Hesperides (Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίδες) are nymphs in Greek mythology. They look after a peaceful garden in the far west of the world. The garden is located near Cyrene (or Benghazi) in Libya or the Atlas Mountains further west. In the Ancient Greek view of the world, this is at the edge of Oceanus, the world-ocean. The nymphs are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.

Hesperides Media

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  Garden Hesperides by Edward Burne-Jones

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  Frederic Leighton - The Garden of the Hesperides

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  This circular Pyxis or box depicts two scenes. The one shown presents the Olympian gods feasting around a tripod table holding the golden Apple of the Hesperides. The Walters Art Museum.

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  Heracles in the Hesperides garden. Side A from an Attic red-figure pelike, 380–370 BC. From Cyrenaica.