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Ladon guarding the golden apples of immortality

Golden Apples are recurrent items in the series. They are fruit endowed with magical qualities. It was believed that whoever ate of them will become immortal.

History[]

Main article: Garden of the Hesperides


A Tree of Golden Apples grow in the Garden of the Hesperides. They are guarded by Ladon, who is cared for by the Hesperides.

As one of the Twelve Labors, Hercules stole one of these apples with the help of Atlas.

Eris was uninvited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis and felt angry and insulted, thus she came up with a plan: she inscribed a golden apple with the phrase "For the Fairest" or "For the most Beautiful" on it and tossed it into the throne room, causing the goddesses to fight over it. The match was narrowed down to three famed goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera.

Zeus became angry over their fighting, and sent them to the mortal, Prince Paris of Troy. Paris decided who got the apple. The goddesses offered him gifts of knowledge (Athena) and the world itself (Hera), but he chose Aphrodite as she had promised him the most beautiful woman (Helen of Sparta, later known as Helen of Troy). As Helen was already married, when she left the Greeks followed her across the ocean and the Trojan War had begun.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]

The Lightning Thief[]

Two years before the start of the series, Luke Castellan was given a quest to steal one of the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides, but he felt the task was unfit for him because the task had already been completed by Hercules in the old stories. He failed in his task however and for his efforts received a scar on his face.

The Titan's Curse[]

In a dream, Percy Jackson saw the first attempt by Hercules to steal the golden apples. It revealed he got the idea of tricking Atlas from the Hesperide Zoë Nightshade as well a hairpin that became Riptide. He never even acknowledged her in the legend and she was disowned by her family.

The Demigod Files[]

During an interview with the Stoll Brothers, they talk about a prank where they spray painted a mango gold, wrote "For the hottest" on it and tossed it into the Aphrodite Cabin. This was based on how the Trojan War started, as Eris threw a golden apple that said "For the fairest". The members of the cabin started fighting each other, much like the Apple of Discord caused the three goddesses to fight each other when Eris had tossed one into the throne room. The Aphrodite cabin got back at them by covering Travis in permanent makeup and making all of Connor's clothes two sizes too small.

Items
Personal Weapons: Riptide | Annabeth's Knife | Backbiter | Master Bolt | Poseidon's Trident | Nico's Sword | Thalia's Spear | Aegis | Ares' Sword | Ares' Shield | Caduceus | Apollo's Golden Bow | Silver Bow | Artemis' Knives | Hades' Sword | Hades' Staff | Kronos' Scythe | Ivlivs | Katoptris | Hazel's Spatha | Frank's Spear | Reyna's Spear | Juno's Gladius | Annabeth's Sword | Sumarbrander | Gungnir | Gjallar | Mjolnir | Gríðarvölr | Khopesh | Mallory's Serrated Knives | Meg's Twin Imperial Gold siccae blades | Thyrsus | Hecate's Torches | Minotaur's Axe | Leroy's Sword | Tyson's Javelin | Alex's Garrote Wire | Piper's Sword
Magical Items: Annabeth's Yankees Cap | Helm of Darkness | Pandora's Pithos | Winged Shoes | Golden Fleece | Flying Chariot | Golden Apple | Apples of Immortality | Greek Fire | Hermes' Multivitamins | Nectar and Ambrosia | Stygian Ice Whistle | Keys of Hades | Leo's Magical Toolbelt | Serapis' Staff | Magic 8 Ball | Arrow of Dodona | Pig Ball | Mechanical Spider | Angel Statues | Athena Parthenos | Chiron's Wheelchair | Diocletian's Scepter | Flaming Dodgeball | Gleipnir | Poseidon's Pearls | Queen Hippolyta's Belt | Mistletoe Arrow | Frank's Stick | Expand-o-Duck | Caligula's Caligae | Ran's Net | Rune Stones | Nábrók | Pomegranate
Spoils of War: Minotaur's Horn | Medusa's Head | Kampê's Scimitars | Nemean Lion's Pelt | Gorgon Blood | Cornucopia | Lydian Drakon Hide | Phineas' Robe and Slippers | Triptolemus's Almanac | Odysseus' Astrolabe
Items: Camp Necklace | Chameleon Armor | Daedalus' Laptop | Golden drachma | Denarius | Red Gold | Mark of Athena | Thalia's Shield | Video Shield | Wristwatch Shield | Golden Mango | Sibylline Books | Letter of Recommendation
Ships Amos' Boat | Argo II | CSS Birmingham | Egyptian Queen | Julia Drusilla Yachts | Pax | Queen Anne's Revenge | Reed Boat | Naglfar | Gorgyra's Canoe
Blessed Metals: Adamantine | Celestial Bronze | Imperial Gold | Stygian Iron | Bone Steel
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