Atlantides

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atlantides \At*lan"ti*des\, n. pl. [L. See {Atlantes}.]
     The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the
     daughters of Atlas.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hesperides \Hes*per"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
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     1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night
        (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden
        producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western
        extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon
        and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
        Hercules. Called also {Atlantides}.
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     2. The garden producing the golden apples.
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              It not love a Hercules,
              Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Atlantides
       n : (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the
           golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
           [syn: {Hesperides}]