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👤 Ladon (serpent)

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  • Information
    serpent guarding the Golden Apples
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274600
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/25139
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/q37DWzLhS4WifscZv4VbOwN
    Gender
    Undefined
    Appearance and powers
    Has monstrous form
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Child of
    👤 Typhon son of Ge👤 Echidna monstrous serpent👤 Phorcos early god, father of Graiai, Gorgons and Scylla👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) daughter of Pontos
    Dies at
    🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable) unlocatable place where apples are guarded🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor
    Killed by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of Heracles🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles used as a cloak
    Related entities
    👥 the Hesperides nymph guardians of the Golden Apples🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable) unlocatable place where apples are guarded👤 Echidna monstrous serpent👤 Typhon son of Ge👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) daughter of Pontos👤 Phorcos early god, father of Graiai, Gorgons and Scylla👤 Atlas holds up the sky as punishment🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of Heracles🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles used as a cloak🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Eurystheus assigns Heracles his labors🌍 River Lixos (N. Africa) river in Mauretania
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📖 Hesiod, Theogony 333-336📖 Pausanias 6.19.8📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 15 West📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 20📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 18📖 Lucian, The Dance 56-57📖 Diodoros, Library 4.26.2-4.26.4📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.604-4.662📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.159-9.272📖 Pliny, Natural History 5.3
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasPanyassis, HeracleiaHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, The DanceDiodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling V 2, 10, Pompeii (MANN 120626; LIMC Herakles 2771; PALP r5-i2-p10-space-q)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Sacerdos Amandus I 7, 7, Pompeii (PALP r1-i7-p7-space-b)🎨 Gold Ring from Pompeii (MANN 25132)🎨 Silver Relief Skyphos from Pompeii (MANN 145506)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statue Group of Heracles in the Garden of the Hesperides in the Epidamnian Treasury, Olympia (LIMC Atlas 6)
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