Aegle. Arethusa. Hespertusa. These are the names of the Hesperides, the nymphs who tended the garden of the golden apples in Greek mythology.

ATALANTA FLEEING,

NEW ALCHEMICAL EMBLEMS ON THE SECRETS OF NATURE,

Hercules Hercules is often associated with the eleventh labor: stealing the golden apples of the Hesperides.
Venus The goddess of love, who provided the golden apples used to distract Atalanta.
Hippomenes The suitor who defeated Atalanta in a footrace by dropping the golden apples.

Arranged partly for the eyes and the intellect, with figures engraved in copper, and with added mottos, epigrams, and notes; and partly for the ears and the recreation of the soul with approximately 50 musical Fugues A fugue is a musical composition where a theme is introduced by one part and taken up by others. Here, they represent the "chase" between the characters. in three voices, of which two correspond to one simple melody perfectly suited for singing in couplets; to be seen, read, meditated upon, understood, judged, sung, and heard with unique pleasure:

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MICHAEL MAIER, Count of the Imperial Consistory, Doctor of Medicine, Knight Exemplary, etc.

Hippomenes

Atalanta The heroine of the myth, known for her speed and her refusal to marry unless defeated in a race.