Ladon
Ladon
is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of
the Hesperides
in
Greek mythology
. He is variously described as the offspring of
Phorcys
or of
Typhon
and
Echidna
. It was said that his heads spoke with a multitude of voices in many languages.
Ladon
is also the name of a river in Arcadia, the father of
Metope
(who was the wife of
Asopus
) and of
Daphne
(beloved of
Apollo
). Daphne is according to some rather the daughter of the river
Peneus
.
Ladon
is a commune in the
Loiret
dpartement
, in
France
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