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GREEK MYTHS
The Golden Apples in the Garden of Hesperides promised immortality and anyone who ate them would never again experience hunger, thirst, suffering or illness. These apples were given as a wedding gift to Hera and Zeus from Gaia and were protected by the great Ladon, a 100 headed dragon. The Hesperides, demi earth goddesses or nymphs and daughters of the Titan, Atlas, tended the Apples as well as the rest of the Garden. The Garden itself rested in an inaccessible spot near the edge of the world under the power of the Olympians.
