GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex
LADON (the serpent who guarded the golden apples)
Monster · Greek mythological serpent
- Parents
- Typhon, Phorcys, Echidna, Ceto
- Children
- Metope
- In the sources
- 11 ancient passages
Ladon is identified as a river in this account. Apollodorus 3.12.6 Ladon is identified as the serpent of the land in the sacred plain. Argonautica 4 ¶82
In the myths
Ladon is said to have had a daughter whom Apollo fell in love with. Pausanias 10.7.8 Until the previous day, Ladon guarded the golden apples in Atlas's garden. Argonautica 4 ¶82 Arrows containing Lernaean hydra poison were lodged in Ladon's body. Argonautica 4 ¶82
Fate
Ladon was struck and killed by Heracles, lying dead by the apple tree with only his tail tip still moving. Argonautica 4 ¶82 Flies died over Ladon's festering wounds due to the poison in his blood. Argonautica 4 ¶82
