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
France
Ladon
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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