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Meaning of "Hesperides" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HESPERIDES

Hesperides  [hɛˈspɛrɪˌdiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HESPERIDES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hesperides is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HESPERIDES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hesperides

Hesperides

In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the neighbourhood of Cyrene or Benghazi in Libya or the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus, the world-ocean. The nymphs are said to be the daughters of Hesperus. According to the Sicilian Greek poet Stesichorus, in his poem the "Song of Geryon", and the Greek geographer Strabo, in his book Geographika, the garden of the Hesperides is located in Tartessos, a location placed in the south of the Iberian peninsula. By Ancient Roman times, the garden of the Hesperides had lost its archaic place in religion and had dwindled to a poetic convention, in which form it was revived in Renaissance poetry, to refer both to the garden and to the nymphs that dwelt there.

Definition of Hesperides in the English dictionary

The definition of Hesperides in the dictionary is the daughters of Hesperus, nymphs who kept watch with a dragon over the garden of the golden apples in the Islands of the Blessed. Other definition of Hesperides is the gardens themselves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HESPERIDES


cantharides
kænˈθærɪˌdiːz
caryopsides
ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪˌdiːz
chrysalides
krɪˈsælɪˌdiːz
Danaides
dəˈneɪɪˌdiːz
ephemerides
ˌɛfɪˈmɛrɪˌdiːz
epididymides
ˌɛpɪdɪˈdɪmɪˌdiːz
Eumenides
juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz
Euripides
jʊˈrɪpɪˌdiːz
Hebrides
ˈhɛbrɪˌdiːz
irides
ˈaɪrɪˌdiːz
Maimonides
maɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz
meningitides
ˌmɛnɪnˈdʒaɪtɪˌdiːz
Parmenides
pɑːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz
Pheidippides
faɪˈdɪpɪˌdiːz
phlebitides
flɪˈbaɪtɪˌdiːz
Pierides
paɪˈɪərɪˌdiːz
pyxides
ˈpɪksɪˌdiːz
Simonides
saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz
Thucydides
θuːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz
vasculitides
ˌvæskjʊˈlaɪtɪˌdiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HESPERIDES

Hesperia
Hesperian
Hesperidean
Hesperidian
hesperidin
hesperidium
Hesperus
Hess
Hesse
Hesse-Nassau
Hessen
hessian
Hessian boots
Hessian fly

WORDS THAT END LIKE HESPERIDES

Alcides
Aristides
besides
bona fides
Guides
ides
Inner Hebrides
insides
ironsides
Laurentides
New Hebrides
Outer Hebrides
short back and sides
silversides
split one´s sides
strides
take sides
the Hebrides
topsides
upsides

Synonyms and antonyms of Hesperides in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hesperides» into 25 languages

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苹果园
1,325 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
570 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
510 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Hesperides
280 millions of speakers

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Геспериды
278 millions of speakers

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Hespérides
270 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
260 millions of speakers

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Hespérides
220 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
190 millions of speakers

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Hesperiden
180 millions of speakers

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ヘスペリデス
130 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
85 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Hesperides
80 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
75 millions of speakers

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हॅस्पेरिएड्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hesperides
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Esperidi
65 millions of speakers

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Hesperides
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Геспериди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hesperides
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Εσπερίδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hesperides
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Hesperiderna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hesperides
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hesperides

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HESPERIDES»

The term «Hesperides» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.465 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HESPERIDES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hesperides

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HESPERIDES»

Discover the use of Hesperides in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hesperides and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hesperides Tree
An 18 year old boy visits the west coast of Ireland and finds the ruins of hermit's cells on an offshore island.
Nicholas Mosley, 2001
2
The Garden of the Hesperides
These are but some of the dilemmas that the metafictional hero-protagonists and unnamed author of The Garden of the Hesperides confront. Does a postmodern hero exist or is he perishing along with the modernist privileged status of ...
Carlos Rojas, 1999
3
Hesperides: Or Works Both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Robert Herrick, 2008
4
Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
Hesperides Guardian nymphs of the tree bearing the golden apples. The Hesperides were associated with evening and song. Classical sources are Apollodorus's Library (2.5.11), Diodorus Siculus's Library of History (4.26.2– 4), Hesiod's ...
Luke Roman, Monica Roman, 2010
5
Hesperides: Poems...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert Herrick, 2012
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The Hesperides: & Noble Numbers
& Noble Numbers Robert Herrick Alfred William Pollard. habit of putting up in bed , whenever she could not sleep ; and she therefore began the ' Litany ' at the second stanza : — ' When I lie within my bed,' etc. Another of her midnight orisons  ...
Robert Herrick, Alfred William Pollard, 1891
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Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology
C. Scott Littleton. HESPERIDES HIPPOLYTUS. The Hesperides were nymphs who, according to Greek myth, lived in a beautiful garden and guarded a tree that bore golden apples. The nymphs played a minor role in a number of stories, but ...
C. Scott Littleton, 2005
8
Hesperides: Or, the Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Samuel Weller Singer Robert Herrick, 2009
9
The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2
16. 59. A Present bya Child. Cp. "Apastoralupon theBirth of Prince Charles" ( Hesperides 213),and Note. 63. God's mirth: man's mourning. Perhaps founded on Prov. i. 26:"I also willlaugh at yourcalamity; I will mock when your fear cometh". 65.
Alfred W. Pollard
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Hesperides (continued) His noble numbers: or, his pious pieces
HESPERIDES. A HYMNK TO THB GRACES, When I love, as some have told Love I shall when I am old, O ye graces ! make me fit For the welcoming of it. Clean my roomes, as temples be, T' entertain that deity ; Give me words wherewith to ...
Robert Herrick, Lord Thomas Maitland Dundrennan, 1823

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HESPERIDES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hesperides is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greece and its Jewish Problem
Of these, the most enticing is his obtaining the golden apples of Hesperides. The challenge for Greece today and the general political and ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
2
Stargazing 101- Atlas, Keeper of the Heavens
Hera planted the tree in her garden and had the Hesperides, the goddesses of golden light and sunset, guard it. Hercules was working on his ... «Clapway, Jul 15»
3
A Sleeper Awakened With Color
Unlike Leighton's “Garden of the Hesperides” from three years before, no residue of reverie or myth stands between the viewer and the subject ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
5 Polk Natural Areas To Visit To Avoid The Crowds At Circle B
The forest is divided among three units—Arbuckle, Hesperides and Walkinwwater—that cover an area from the south end of Lake Arbuckle ... «The Ledger, Jun 15»
5
Looking Up: See the Dragon in the northern sky this June
According to one ancient myth, Draco represented the monster that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. Hercules had a ... «Massillon Independent, Jun 15»
6
Under the sun
When he reached the land of the Hesperides (evenings) in the West, he descended into a golden cup which carried him around the northern ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
7
Flowers Among the Ruins
... of Hyakinthos, the golden apples of the Hesperides, and the tree-morphing nymph Daphne,” according to http://www.theoi.com/Flora1.html. «Hellenic News of America, May 15»
8
Prometheus 2. The Real Myth Is Thrilling!
But Heracles (Zeus' son) went through the place on the way to the garden of the Hesperides and freed him shooting an arrow at the eagle. «Yareah Magazine, May 15»
9
Spring's Second Act Hotter, More Active
Polk County is home for Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, which is made up of the Arbuckle, Walkinwater, Hesperides and Prairie Units. «The Ledger, May 15»
10
Hercules vs. Vampires? “It's Greek to Me”
To rescue her, Hercules must secure a Golden Apple from the darkness-dwelling Hesperides; enter Hades; cross a river of lava; defeat a ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Apr 15»

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