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ID: 901000703
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000703
Record Type: Legendary Place

Garden of the Hesperides (Greek legendary place)

Note: In Greek mythology, a garden guarded by the Hesperides, maidens who protected the tree bearing golden apples that Gaea gave to Hera at her marriage to Zeus, and that granted immortality when eaten.

Names:
Garden of the Hesperides (Greek legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek legendary places> (P)
............Garden of the Hesperides (Greek legendary place) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Hesperides
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hesperides (Greek characters)) [901000702]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... garden (open space)
.....(open spaces by form, open spaces, Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Garden of the Hesperides (Greek legendary place)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002012185
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 93F the Garden of the Hesperides
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Hesperides," accessed 5 July 2017
................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)

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