Hesperides (other)
Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world in Greek mythology. Hesperides may also refer to: * Hesperides, Libya * Hesperides (poetry), a collection of poetry written by Robert Herrick * BIO Hesperides, a Spanish polar research vessel See also * Hesperides Hill Hesperides Hill (Halm Hesperides \'h&lm he-spe-'ri-des\) is a ridge linked by a saddle of elevation 52 m with the northern slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ...

Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas.Diodorus Siculus. ''Library4.27.2' Etymology The name means ''originating from Hesperos'' (evening). ''Hesperos'', or ''Vesper'' in Latin, is the origin of the name Hesperus, the evening star (i.e. the planet Venus) as well as having a shared root with the English word "west". Mythology The nymphs of the evening Ordinarily, the Hesperides number three, like the other Greek triads (the Three Graces and the Three Fates). "Since the Hesperides themselves are mere symbols of the gifts the apples embody, they cannot be actors in a human drama. Their abstract, interchangeable names are a symptom of their impersonality", classicist Evelyn Byrd Harrison has observed. They are sometimes portrayed as the evening daughters of Night (Nyx) ...
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Hesperides, Libya
Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of heGhazi'') is a city in Libya. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is a major seaport and the second-most populous city in the country, as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 807,250 in 2020. A Greek colony named Euesperides had existed in the area from around 525 BC. In the 3rd century BC, it was relocated and refounded as the Ptolemaic city of Berenice. Berenice prospered under the Romans, and after the 3rd century AD it superseded Cyrene and Barca as the centre of Cyrenaica. The city went into decline during the Byzantine period and had already been reduced to a small town before its conquest by the Arabs. In 1911, Italy captured Benghazi and the rest of Tripolitania from the Ottom ...
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Hesperides (poetry)
''Hesperides'' () is a book of poetry published in 1648 by English Cavalier poet Robert Herrick. This collection of 1200 lyrical poems, his magnum opus, was published under his direction, and established his reputation. It is replete with carpe diem sentiments. The title refers to the Hesperides, nymphs of the evening in Greek mythology. Content ''Hesperides ''includes " To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", which features the famous lines: :Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, :Old time is still a-flying; :And this same flower that smiles today, :To-morrow will be dying. It also includes "Corinna's Going a-Maying", which includes the lines: :Come, let us goe, while we are in our prime; :And take the harmlesse follie of the time. :We shall grow old apace, and die :Before we know our liberty. :Our life is short; and our dayes run :As fast away as do's the Sunne: :And as a vapour, or a drop of raine :Once lost, can ne'r be found againe. Furthermore, ''Hesperides'' includes ...
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BIO Hesperides
BIO ''Hespérides'' (A-33), is a Spanish polar research vessel. She was built in 1990, by Bazán Shipyards of Cartagena, Spain. ''Hespérides'' is used to service the research bases in Antarctica, mainly the Spanish Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, as well as to perform research voyages. It is operated by the Spanish Navy and the responsible of the scientific equipment is the Spanish National Research Council. ''Hespérides'' is classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping with ice class 1C. She can move through up to of ice at . Her propulsion system uses a computer-controlled variable-pitch propeller and stern and bow thrusters. The vessel carries one helicopter. Name es, Buque de Investigación Oceanográfica Hespérides, lit=Oceanographic Research Vessel Hesperides,, label=none is named after Hesperides, the Greek nymphs of the evening, located on the Western Mediterranean. History In 2003–2004, she was the subject of a thorough renovation, the hull was strengthened even mor ...
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