Apples of Hesperides

2. The Hesperides in the garden.
Here the apples are on a tree,
and the dragon Ladon looks
more like a single-headed
serpent.
London E 224, Attic red
figure hydria, ca. 410-400
B.C.
Photograph of the British
Museum, London

3. Hercules fighting Kyknos
Toledo 1961.25, Attic red
figure kylix, ca. 520-510
B.C.
Photograph by Maria
Daniels, of Toledo
Museum of Art, United
States

4. Hercules fighting
Antaeus
Tampa 86.29, Attic black
figure neck amphora, ca.
490-480 B.C.
Photograph by Maria
Daniels, of the Tampa
Museum of Art, United
States

5. Eagle with wings outstretched.
Philadelphia MS553, Corinthian
alabastron, ca. 620-590 B.C.
Photograph by Maria Daniels, of
University of Pennyslvania Museum

6. Woman juggling apples.
Toledo 1963.29, Attic red figure,
white ground pyxis, ca. 470-460
B.C.
Photograph by Maria Daniels, of
the Toledo Museum of Art

7. Hercules in the garden of the
Hesperides.
Sometimes the hero is portrayed in
the garden, even though the story
we have from Apollodorus is that
he sent Atlas there instead of going
himself.
London E 224, Attic red figure
hydria, ca. 410-400 B.C.
Photograph of the British
Museum, London

8. At seaport of Catania. At Castello Ursino.

9. Castello Ursino was built between 1239 and 1250, as one of the royal castles of
Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily, and is mostly known for its role in the Sicilian
Vespers, when it became the seat of the Sicilian Parliament.
Today the castle is in good condition and it is open at the public as museum.

10. From the station to the castle:
Take SS114 in the direction of Alcalà street, continue on this street and turn right to
Cristoforo Colombo street, turn left to Plebiscito street, turn right to Grimaldi street
and continue to Federico Di Svevia square.
From the airport to the castle:
Take Priolo street and SS114 in the direction of Alcalà street, follow the signs for
Catania centre, continue to Priolo street and turn right to Aquicella street, go
straight. Take Plebiscito street and continue in the direction of Federico Di Svevia
square.