Hydra

or Dragon of the Hesperian Grove . The golden apples of the Hesperian field were guarded by women called the Hesperĭdês, a isted by the hydra or dragon named Ladon. Her flowery store To thee nor Tempê shall refuse, nor watch Of wingéd hydra guard Hesperian fruits From thy free spoil. Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination , i. (1744).