LADON

★ 'Ladon' is one of the dragons in Greek mythology, who twined serpent-like round the tree and guarded the garden of the Hesperides; he was killed by Heracles.

★ '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 ''département'', in France

★ 'Ladon' is also the name of the Dragon God in the Breath of Fire videogame series.