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Ladon

Ladon was the dragon with a hundred heads which guarded the golden apples of Hesperides. Ladon could also speak with countless different voices. Ladon was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna, or of Phorcys and Ceto.

In his eleventh labour, Heracles was ordered to fetch the golden apples for Eurystheus. According to the most popular tradition, Heracles got the Titan Atlas to retrieve the apples. Alternative sources say that Heracles fetched the apples himself, after killing Ladon.

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Ladon, Λάδων.

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Mythical Creatures:

  • • Satyrs
  • • Myrmidons
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  • • Earthborn Kings
  • • Argus Panoptes
  • • Geryon
  • • Graeae
  • • Keres
  • • Pegasus
  • • Arion
  • • Xanthus and Balius
  • • Ocyrrhoe
  • • Laelaps and the Teumessian Vixen
  • • Maera
  • • Cretan Bull
  • • Golden Fleece
  • • Calydonian Boar
  • • Crommyonian Sow
  • • Erymanthian Boar
  • • Nemean Lion
  • • Eagle (Aquila)
  • • Typhon
  • • Ceto
  • • Cetus
  • • Echidna
  • • Python
  • • Ladon
  • • Delphyne
  • • Campe
  • • Hydra
  • • Scylla
  • • Sphinx
  • • Chimaera
  • • Griffin (Gryphon)
  • • Cerberus
  • • Orthus
  • • Minotaur
  • • Gorgons
  • • Lamia
  • • Empusae
  • • Sirens
  • • Harpies
  • • Stymphalian Birds
  • • Caucasian Eagle
  • • Phoenix
Eleventh Labour (Apples of Hesperides)

Eleventh Labour (Apples of Hesperides)

For the eleventh labour, Heracles had to fetch the golden apples of Hesperides . The Hesperides ("Daughters of the Evening Star") were the daughters of the Titan Atlas and Hesperis (Evening Star). How many daughters there were, really depended on ...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hesperides

Hesperides

The Hesperides were nymphs who cared for and guarded the grove of trees that grow golden apples in the garden of Hesperides. The name means "Daughter of the Evening Star". There is some confusion over the number of nymphs there were. Some say ther...

August 31st, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Hydra

Hydra

The Hydra (Ὕδρα) was the monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna . The Hydra lived in the near the spring Amymone, at Lerna. The monster lived with a giant crab. The Hydra had nine heads. One of them was immortal, and therefore invulnerable to w...

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Delphyne

Delphyne

According to Apollodorus, when the monster Typhon severed Zeus' sinews and confined the god in a cave, Typhon set the she-dragon Delphyne to guard Zeus, to prevent his escape. But Hermes and Aegipan managed to recover Zeus' sinews and rescue Zeus ...

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Nemean Lion

Nemean Lion

The Nemean Lion was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna . The lion lived in a cave near Nemea. The hide of the lion was invulnerable to all weapons. The only way Heracles could kill the lion was to strangle the lion to death. After showing the lion...

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Second Labour (Hydra)

Second Labour (Hydra)

For the second labour, Heracles had to kill the Hydra that lived by a spring near Lerna, Argolis. The Hydra was a creature that had many heads. The number of heads varied, depending on the author. Usually there were nine heads. One of the heads wa...

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Cerberus

Cerberus

Cerberus was the three-headed hound that guarded the gate to Hades. According to the Theogony , Hesiod said that Cerberus had fifty heads. Cerberus was the monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna . Cerberus was to keep the dead or shades from re...

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Typhon

Typhon

Typhon was a giant winged monster with a hundred heads. Typhon (Τυφών) was an offspring of Gaea ("Earth") and Tartarus , and according to Apollodorus, the creature was born in Cilicia. Typhon was a gigantic winged monster that was part man and par...

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Twelfth Labour (Cerberus)

Twelfth Labour (Cerberus)

For the twelfth labour, Heracles needed to go to Hades and fetch the Cerberus . Cerberus was a three-headed hound with a snake's head at the end of its tail. The dreaded hound guarded the gates of Hades, to keep the dead in the Underworld. Cerberu...

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Twelve Labours of Heracles

Twelve Labours of Heracles

It would not make sense unless you read why Heracles had to perform his Twelve Labours. The Madness of Heracles was the origin of Heracles' great adventures that earned him a place among the immortal gods at Olympus. Madness of Heracles Madness of...

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