Thermydrae

Place · slug: thermydrae

Also: Lindos, Rhodes, Ialysos, Cameiros

Eleventh Labor: Apples of the Hesperides (Nereus, Atlas Holds the Sky)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (apples among Hyperboreans by Atlas; Nereus compelled for guidance; Atlas fetches fruit while Heracles bears the sky; craft-return of the burden; Ladon present as guardian but not slain in this plot)
Aristomenes of Messenia (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Messenian resistance hero · Pausanian Messenian — Aristomenes’ exploits in the Messenian Wars
The Telchines of Rhodes
Local and lesser — Rhodian primal craftsmen / malign sorcerers · Strabo / Diodorus / Ovid-labeled / Pindaric notices — first smiths; jealous magicians
The Heliadae of Rhodes
Local and lesser — Rhodian primordial kings / Helios cult · Pindaric / Diodorean — seven sons of Helios and Rhode; fireless sacrifice; murder of Tenages

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library