Hesperides with nuptial presents for the latter, and among them the goddess of Gaia, with branches having golden apples growing on them as a wedding gift. Hera, greatly admiring these, begged of Gaea to plant them in her gardens, which extended as far as Mount Atlas. The Hesperides were given the task of tending to the grove, but occasionally picked apples from it themselves. Not trusting them, Hera also placed in the garden an immortal, never-sleeping, hundred-headed dragon named Ladon as an additional safeguard. In the myth of the Judgement of Paris, it was from the Garden that Eris, Goddess of
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate The Sailor on the Seas of Fate Sailor on the Sea of Fate is the second Elric of Melnibone book by Michael Moorcock. It is chronologically the third in the series (The events of The Fortress of the Pearl occur between Elric of Melnibone and Sailor of the Sea of Fate). The book is divided into three parts. The story begins with Elric lost somewhere in the Young Kingdoms and near the sea. A mysterious ship appears and he is welcomed aboard by its captain and introduced to three other powerful warriors. The captain informs the adventurers that they are