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Ladon

  1. Ladon is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology. He is variously offspring of Phorcys or Typhon and Echidna. It was said that his heads spoke with a multitude of voices of many languages.
  2. Ladon is also the name of the father of Daphne, beloved of Apollo, Daphne was changed into a laurel tree by Peneus.
  3. Ladon is a commune in the Loiret département, in France