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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], they are [[nymph]]s who [[life|live]] on an [[island]] in the far western part of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] who guard a [[tree]] with golden [[apple]]s. The eleventh labor of [[Heracles]] is to get these apples, and he gets these with the help of [[Atlas (god)|Atlas]]; Heracles holds up the [[sky]] temporarily. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], they are [[nymph]]s who [[life|live]] on an [[island]] in the far western part of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] who guard a [[tree]] with golden [[apple]]s. The eleventh labor of [[Heracles]] is to get these apples, and he gets these with the help of [[Atlas (god)|Atlas]]; Heracles holds up the [[sky]] temporarily.

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Hesperides [r]: From Greek mythology, they are nymphs who live on an island in the far western part of the Mediterranean Sea who guard a tree with golden apples. The eleventh labor of Heracles is to get these apples, and he gets these with the help of Atlas; Heracles holds up the sky temporarily.