Atlas , hercules and athena with the golden apples of the hesperides , marble relief ( 5th bce )
阿特拉斯，赫拉克勒斯和雅典娜与赫斯佩里得斯的金苹果，大理石浮雕（公元前5世纪）
Hesiod wrote that the garden of the hesperides was on an island in the sea where the sun sets .
赫西奥德写道金苹果树的花园位于海上的一个岛上，是太阳下山的地方。
In classical legend the idea of watching is retained in the story of the dragon who guards the golden apples in the garden of the hesperides , and in the story of cadmus .
