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🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (N. Africa)

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  • Information
    location in the Cyrenaica described as notably verdant
    Possibly the same as
    🌍 the Lake of the Hesperides (N. Africa)
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373827
    Identified with
    🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable) unlocatable place where apples are guarded
    Encompasses
    🌍 Lake Electrum (Libya)
    Related entities
    🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable) unlocatable place where apples are guarded🌍 River Lathon (N. Africa)🌍 Berenice (N. Africa) city on the tip of Syrtis👥 the Hesperides nymph guardians of the Golden Apples🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) mythical river of the Celts or Ligurians, sometimes identified with the River Po in north-east Italy
    Mentioned by
    📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 108.4📖 Pliny, Natural History 5.31📖 Pliny, Natural History 37.38
    Mentioned in text
    Ps-Scylax, PeriplousPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Theomenes, On Libya
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Theomenes, On Libya BNJ 764 fr. 2
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