Every Mythical Dragon Explained in 22 Minutes

Every Mythical Dragon Explained in 22 Minutes The oldest dragon in Greek mythology isn't the most fearsome, but it might be the most tragic. Ladon coiled endlessly around the tree of the Hesperides at the western edge of the known world, guarding golden apples that granted immortality. Ancient sources disagree on exactly what it looked like — Hesiod describes a single enormous serpent, while later poets gave it a hundred heads, each speaking in a different voice. Either way, it met its end when Heracles arrived as part of his eleventh labor, slaying the dragon and stealing the apples.