Erytheia

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Erytheia is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with the western edge of the world and the tending of a divine garden.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hesperid
mythological figure
nymph
associatedWith Hesperides
Ladon
evening
garden of the Hesperides
golden apples of immortality
sunset
western edge of the world
associatedWithColor red
associatedWithDeity Hera
Zeus
associatedWithDirection west
associatedWithPlace far west beyond Oceanus
culture Greek mythology
function caretaker of sacred trees
tending a divine garden
gender female
groupMemberOf Hesperides
guardedBy Ladon
mentionedIn Hesiod’s Theogony
later Greek mythographic traditions
mythologicalDomain liminal boundary of the world
nameMeaning the Red One
parent Erebus
Nyx
role guardian of the golden apples of the Hesperides
sibling Aegle
Arethusa
Hesperia
timePeriodOfWorship Archaic Greece
Classical Greece

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