Ladon

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Ladon
Ladon is one of the dragons in Greek mythology, who twined serpent-like round the tree and guarded the garden of the Hesperides; he was killed by Heracles. Ladon is also the name of a river in Arcadia, the father of Metope (who was the wife of Asopus) and of Daphne (beloved of Apollo). Daphne is according to some rather the daughter of the river Peneus.Ladon is a commune in the Loiret département, in FranceLadon is also the name of the Dragon God in the Breath of Fire videogame series.
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Ladon
[Greek] The hundred-headed dragon who guards the garden of the Hesperides and in it the tree with the golden apples. Some sources say that he is a child of Typhon and Echidna, other mention the dragon as a child of Phorcys.


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