Ladon
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Ladon is a Greek dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Apollonius of Rhodes.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lakanica, Lakhey, Lamiak, La Mojana, Lampades, Landvættir, Langmeidong, Lares, La Sayona, La Tunda, Laukų dvasios, Lauma, Leanan sidhe, Leimoniads, Leszi, Leuce, Leyak, Lidérc, Lietuvēns, Likho, Lilin, Lilitu, Limnades, Ljósálfar, Ljubi, Lo-lol, Lóng, Loogaroo, Lugat, Lui-kong-tsiau, Luison, Lusca, Lutin, Lynx, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Pemphredo, Enyo, Sthenno, Dino, Persis, Hesperides, Nemean lion, Corcyra, Asopos, Longma, lamassu, Leviathan, Loki, Luduan, La Llorona, Lightning Bird, Lubber fiend, Laelaps, Lamia, La-bar-tu, Labbu, Lady midday, Medusa, sphinxes, Euryale
- sibling of
- Scylla, Gorgons, Colchian dragon, Orthrus, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Caucasian Eagle
- parent of
- Metope
Mentioned by
- lamassu
- Leviathan
- Loki
- Luduan
- La Llorona
- Lightning Bird
- Lubber fiend
- Laelaps
- Lamia
- La-bar-tu
- Labbu
- Lady midday
- Medusa
- sphinxes
- Euryale
- Echidna
and 3 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ladon (Greek) – Dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides”
#4836 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“with their last offspring being an unnamed serpent (later called Ladon, by Apollonius of Rhodes) who guards the golden apples.”
#5990 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pherecydes also names Prometheus' eagle, and adds Ladon (though Pherecydes does not use this name), the dragon that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides (according to Hesiod, the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys).”
#6203 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon”
#10878 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5