Definitions for Ladon

Ladon La·don

Spelling: [leyd-n]
IPA: /ˈleɪd n/

Ladon is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Ladon (adlno).

Definitions for Ladon

noun

  1. a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.

Examples for Ladon

Her temple stood upon the river Ladon, and she had this name given to her by the people of the place.

These goddesses lived on Mount Atlas, and the serpent Ladon helped them to guard their precious trust.

He pursued and she begged aid of certain nymphs who lived in a houseboat on the river Ladon.

It is sleepless Ladon on his high barrier keeping watch and ward over the Hesperian garden.

Demeter, at first enraged, afterwards calmed down, and washed herself in the river Ladon by way of purification.

The dragon Ladon was not able to defend the apples of Hesperides against Hercules.

While performing this labor he had a terrible struggle with Ladon, and some accounts say that he killed the monster.

Presumably this means the dragon Ladon in the garden of the Hesperides.

The eleventh labour was the fetching of the golden apples, guarded by the dragon Ladon, from the garden of the Hesperides.

It was a far greater contest than that of Hercules with Ladon.

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