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At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who went to fetch the gold of the West: the golden apples, guarded on their tree by the Hesperides and Ladon, their serpent-watchman.
This series offers a new reading of the ancient Greek myths.
They are not old, worn-out stories, but gripping tales of timeless THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES human adventures, containing all the fears and joys that have marked and continue to mark the human soul.
Illustrated by
Maria Angelidou Iris Samartzi
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Help Hercules reach the Garden of the Hesperides. Be careful, however, because he must first meet Nereus, Prometheus and then Atlas: if he does not receive their wise counsel, he will not succeed!
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At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who went to fetch the gold of the West: the golden apples, guarded on their tree by the Hesperides and Ladon, their serpent-watchman.
This series offers a new reading of the ancient Greek myths.
They are not old, worn-out stories, but gripping tales of timeless THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES human adventures, containing all the fears and joys
that have marked and continue to mark the human soul.
Illustrated by
Maria Angelidou Iris Samartzi
T
T
H H
E
E ISBN: 978-618-03-1442-7
L L
A A
B B O O AUXIL. COMPU. CODE 81442 U U R R S OF HERCULES 2 S OF HERCULES
9735_The apples of the Hesperides_CV.indd 1 21/02/2018 14:59