The Garden of the Hesperides
Throughout ancient Greek art, we find an apple tree with three golden apples and a serpent wrapped around its trunk. We think of Eden, and rightly so. The spirit-beings associated with this tree and its apples are called Hesperides, a name which means “nymphs of the West.” Hespere means evening, and that of course signifies the West where the sun sets. This accords with the Genesis account which describes civilization developing to the east of Eden. A trek back to the Garden would necessitate traveling west. The Greeks put the Garden of the Hesperides in the Far West.
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